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noun

a system of currency in which the monetary units are parts or powers of ten

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Words nearby decimal currency

deciliter, decilitre, decillion, decimal, decimal classification, decimal currency, decimal fraction, decimalize, decimal notation, decimal place, decimal point

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How to use decimal currency in a sentence

Then the gift card is shopped online in a gray market to collect cold currency.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Russia depends on oil exports for almost 70 percent of its foreign-currency earnings and almost 50 percent of its annual budget.
How Crimea Crashed the Russian Economy|Anna Nemtsova|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At currency auctions, it traded at around 64.45 rubles to the dollar and 78.8 to the euro.
How Crimea Crashed the Russian Economy|Anna Nemtsova|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Currency problems are procyclical, which is to say that they create their own momentum.
Putin Can’t Bully or Bomb a Recession|Daniel Gross|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Arabs offered the Nazis a haven, as well as a market for all their nefarious dealings in arms and black market currency.
Hitler’s Henchmen in Arabia|Guy Walters|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Between these two extremes the Federal Reserve note, a new form of currency, has been introduced.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
But the sheer quantity of the inflated currency and false money forces prices higher still.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
That is, a demand for more currency in the hands of the public could have been supplied by the bank, but was not.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
But in one respect the currency notes helped to maintain the country's gold standard.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips