valuta
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of valuta
1915–20; < Italian < Vulgar Latin *valūta, for Latin valīta, feminine past participle of Latin valēre to be worth
Example Sentences
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Though Soviet citizens have long sought valuta -- convertible currency with real purchasing power -- the country's worsening economy has turned the search for dollars and marks into a manic scramble.
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To increase the State's stock of silver, Torgsin was authorized to accept silver plate and old jewelry as valuta.
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What all of us, from the Thuringian Forest to Sheboygan, must realize is that to survive we need, along with armor, A-bombs and valuta, sisu.
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The best restaurant in Vladivostok, operated by Japanese for the Government, is on a valuta* basis.
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They are no good to them since they can't buy anything with them, and they don't dare fool around with valuta, as the G. P. U. is very suspicious over any Russian possessing foreign money.
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