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decimal currency

noun

  1. a system of currency in which the monetary units are parts or powers of ten
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

On July 1, 1859 the stamps in decimal currency were issued, so the above remainders represent the last of the 3d.

"The woman I marry would have——," and then he told the Dowager all about it, in sterling and decimal currency.

This was the origin of our decimal currency—the copper cent, the silver dime and dollar, and the golden eagle.

The decimal currency is extremely simple when once understood.

In short, we must record our emphatic protest against the proposed Decimal Currency.

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