Sentence examples for a second currency from inspiring English sources

Russians have come to treat the dollar as a second currency, and many people have squirreled away dollars as a hedge against inflation.

If you have ever tried to open a startup business bank account in the U.K. and requested a second currency account, such as one for Euros, you'll know this pain-point all too well.

They identify currencies that tend to move in sympathy with the dollar in its daily fluctuations against a third currency, such as the Swiss franc.

Kirkus Reviews said: "In Rickards' view, the world is currently going through a third currency war ("CWIII") based on competitive devaluations.

(Expatriates' rents generally are set in U.S. dollars, an unofficial second currency in Vietnam).

Moscow, where dollars are an unofficial second currency and as much as 80percentt of consumer products are imported, could suffer disproportionately.

The provinces, though, lag behind, and in rural areas vodka is still a kind of second currency.

The provinces, though, lag behind, and in rural areas vodka is still a kind of second currency... View Article By Jelani Cobb By David Remnick By Jia Tolentino By Ben Taub By Naomi Fry By Jelani Cobb By David Remnick By Jia Tolentino By Ben Taub.

The provinces, though, lag behind, and in rural areas vodka is still a kind of second currency... View Article By Jia Tolentino By Rebecca Mead By Alan Burdick By John Cassidy By Atul Gawande By Jia Tolentino By Rebecca Mead By Alan Burdick By John Cassidy.

Enter Afghanistan, where dollars function as a second national currency after years of Western spending and where financial oversight is so lax that billions of dollars in cash leave the country every year.

With the euro, European Union member countries wanted to create a second world currency to compete with U.S. dollars.