How to Use denominate in a Sentence

denominate

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• Imports denominated in yuan rose by 6.6% in July, up from a 0.6% drop in June.
  — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024
• That means that when the pound sells off, the share prices of the companies—denominated in sterling—are prone to rise.
  — Mike Bird, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2017
• Even though the peace prize is awarded in Norway, the amount is denominated in Swedish kronor.
  — Author: Elias Meseret, Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Oct. 2019
• More than 90 percent of Kaisa Group Holdings’ bonds are denominated in the greenback.
  — Fortune, 28 June 2018
• At the end of last year, the US dollar strengthened, boosting the cost to these countries of commodities denominated in dollars.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2023
• To qualify, tranches must be dollar-denominated and $25 million or more if the notes are first in line to be paid, according to the filing.
  — Rachel Evans, Bloomberg.com, 22 May 2017
• The yuan’s descent has slammed those with sizable debt and costs denominated in the greenback, such as airlines and developers.
  — Fortune, 28 June 2018
• Egypt has sold more than $13 billion in foreign-currency denominated bonds since the float.
  — Onur Ant, Bloomberg.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Known as the Winkdex, the index only draws data from U.S.-dollar denominated exchanges.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2017
• About 70% of that market is made up of local notes denominated in renminbi.
  — Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• More than half of all global cross-border debt is dollar-denominated.
  — The Economist, 19 May 2018
• The company also reached an agreement with holders of its $537 million bonds denominated in yuan, the Chinese currency, that were due last week, to delay repayment of the debt for three years.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• Normally trade deals are denominated in multiple years, not tens of days.
  — Jill Colvin, The Denver Post, 12 May 2017
• As the Federal Reserve was raising interest rates at the time, the dollar strengthened, which caused pain for emerging markets, many of which have dollar-denominated debt.
  — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 18 June 2019
• When asked by the World Gold Council how the share of global reserves will change over the next five years, 58% of emerging market central banks responded by saying those denominated in dollars will fall, while 68% forecast those in gold will rise.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 May 2023
• Although each creditor’s claim is valued in dollars on the date of the bankruptcy filing, not denominated in crypto, the balance sheets of these firms are made up largely of crypto assets.
  — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• However, because the debts are denominated in foreign currencies, the bonds expose the countries to foreign exchange risks.
  — Anna Isaac, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2020
• But those assets are denominated in their own currencies, giving them a steady source of interest income without the foreign-exchange risk.
  — Brian Blackstone, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2019
• Once the nuclear agreement was implemented in early 2016, Iran wanted to take that money home or use it for purchases – but it was denominated in Omani rials.
  — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 8 June 2018
• About two-thirds of bitcoin trading is yen-denominated, according to data provider Coinhills.
  — Steven Russolillo, WSJ, 5 June 2018
• Of all debt securities denominated in a foreign currency, more than three-quarters are in dollars and euros.
  — Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2011
• Worse, there’s a mismatch between its largely dollar- and euro-denominated borrowings and revenues from a big business in Latin America.
  — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2019
• And true currencies are used to denominate liabilities as well as assets; imagine the ruin faced by those who had taken out a bitcoin mortgage or business loan earlier this year.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
• Italy’s cumulative debt is more than 130 percent of gross domestic product, more than twice the eurozone’s requirements, and it is denominated in euros.
  — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 29 May 2018
• Treasuries are also denominated by the US dollar, the world’s reserve currency that boasts a market that’s incredibly liquid, large and highly rated.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
• Much of China’s growing rescue lending is denominated in renminbi, the report found, with loans in the Chinese currency overtaking U.S. dollars in 2020.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• What good were stocks if they were denominated in depreciating dollars?
  — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019
• Rewards, penalties, and redundancy Rewards and penalties on the Sia network are denominated in Siacoins, the cryptocurrency that powers the Sia network.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2017
• Rieder has made money in his Strategic Income fund by owning emerging-market bonds denominated in local currencies.
  — Charles Stein and John Gittelsohn, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Two-thirds of securities issued by corporations outside their home countries are denominated in dollars.
  — Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024