Sentence examples for special currency from inspiring English sources

And maybe because conventional authority figures, politicians, lawyers and priests have lost so much mystique, fixers have special currency these days.

With its message of optimism in the face of suffering, the song has had special currency among soul singers, though the results have not always shone so brightly.

In those days, she recalled, foreigners used special currency to shop at well-stocked Friendship Stores and stayed in hotels that were off limits to Chinese.

We were charged more for the same things and even had to use a special currency, the F.E.C., or Foreign Exchange Certificate.

Some managed to negotiate special currency arrangements, but others are sitting on piles of local currency which they cannot convert or repatriate.

Together, these findings suggest that giving to others can be inherently rewarding, paying dividends in its own special currency: warm glows and feelings of happiness.

The lessons of risk and perseverance carry a special motivational currency in the business world.

Many online games offer a special "donation currency" to players.

New cars can only be purchased with US dollars or convertible pesos, a special Cuban currency pegged to the dollar.

A special euro currency sign was designed after a public survey had narrowed the original ten proposals down to two.

Also, many businesses are reluctant to lock up value in the special trading currencies that barter exchanges use, such as "trade dollars", rather than in cash.