Sentence examples for acquired currency from inspiring English sources

But unfortunately the incorrect phrase has acquired currency, so I shall use it here.

Referring to the money it makes off the spread, Western Union said in its 2012 annual filing, "we generate revenues based on the difference between the exchange rate set by us to the customer and the rate at which we or our agents are able to acquire currency".

For example, Nandan Nilekani, the managing director of India's Infosys Technologies, says his software company listed last year on America's Nasdaq exchange partly in order to acquire currency to buy foreign companies, and partly to be able to offer its employees stock options priced in dollars.

You acquire currency by answering questions, or purchasing them through in-app purchases.

An avatar can acquire currency -- called Linden dollars -- by earning it or buying it with U.S. dollars.

During the same period it dis tributed $98.54nillion of gold to five countries to acquire currencies in connection with a large drawing by France.

The LNO strategy grew out of the concept of a limited war, which acquired widespread currency in U.S. political and military circles in the late 1950s.

But it has acquired new currency in this recession, especially among white-collar job seekers, as they cast about for work of any kind and companies remain cautious about permanent hiring.

After the mid-20th century, analogies with computer operations acquired great currency; in consequence, thinking came to be described in terms of storage, retrieval, and transmission of items of information.

InComm also recently acquired virtual currency company Zeevex.

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