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noun
any currency, as the U.S. dollar, used as a medium to settle international debts.
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Origin of reserve currency
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby reserve currency
reserve, reserve bank, reserve buoyancy, reserve capacity, reserve clause, reserve currency, reserved, reserved list, reserved occupation, reserved power, reserved word
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British Dictionary definitions for reserve currency
reserve currency
noun
foreign currency that is acceptable as a medium of international payments and that is therefore held in reserve by many countries
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