hard currency
noun
: money that comes from a country with a strong government and economy and that is not likely to lose its value
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Both of them rely on their foreign-residing nationals for access to hard currency.
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Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
SDRs can be exchanged for hard currency to purchase goods like food and medicine, used to repay debt or held for a rainy day.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
Those workers could then convert wages in rubles to dollars or euros, potentially becoming a source of the hard currency North Korea desperately needs.
—Kim Tong-Hyung and Jim Heintz, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2024
Revenue for Egypt from the Suez Canal – a key source of hard currency for its struggling economy – has halved since the attacks began.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
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Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
SDRs can be exchanged for hard currency to purchase goods like food and medicine, used to repay debt or held for a rainy day.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
Those workers could then convert wages in rubles to dollars or euros, potentially becoming a source of the hard currency North Korea desperately needs.
—Kim Tong-Hyung and Jim Heintz, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2024
Revenue for Egypt from the Suez Canal – a key source of hard currency for its struggling economy – has halved since the attacks began.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
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“Hard currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20currency. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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