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valuta

American  
[vuh-loo-tuh] / vəˈlu tə /

noun

  1. (in Europe) the value of a currency expressed in terms of its rate of exchange with another currency.


valuta British  
/ vəˈluːtə /

noun

  1. rare the value of one currency in terms of its exchange rate with another

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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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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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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 State desperately needs valuta to purchase abroad machinery for the Five-Year Plan.

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