plural kronen
ˈkrō-nən 
1
: the basic monetary unit of Austria from 1892 to 1925
2
: a coin representing one krone
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Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2 July 2024
Reducing livestock emissions The tax, expected to be approved by Denmark’s parliament later this year, will amount to 300 krone ($43) per tonne (1.1 ton) of CO2-equivalent emissions from livestock from 2030, rising to 750 krone ($107) in 2035.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 26 June 2024
Operating profit rose 27% to 31.8 billion kroner last quarter, the company said.
—Naomi Kresge, Fortune Europe, 2 May 2024
Novo Nordisk’s first quarter, by the digits 28%: How much Novo Nordisk’s net income rose in the three months ending March 31, to 25.4 billion Danish krone ($3.6 billion), from 19.8 billion Danish krone ($2.8 billion) in the same period last year.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Revenue for the medicine more than doubled to 9.38 billion kroner ($1.35 billion), falling short of analysts’ expectations.
—Naomi Kresge, Fortune Europe, 2 May 2024
Danske Bank cited the pharmaceutical group’s rising sales as a factor in Danish policymakers suppressing interest rates, given the need to peg the Danish krone to the euro.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 31 Jan. 2024
Here, the influx of profits drove up the value of the krone relative to the euro.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Zealand’s market value of 19.2 billion kroner ($2.8 billion), at less than 1% of Novo’s, is also eclipsed by the giant’s quarterly profit of 22.5 billion kroner.
—Christian Wienberg, Fortune Europe, 13 Dec. 2023
Noun
The treatment generated about 4.5 billion in Danish krone ($659.6 million).
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2 July 2024
Reducing livestock emissions The tax, expected to be approved by Denmark’s parliament later this year, will amount to 300 krone ($43) per tonne (1.1 ton) of CO2-equivalent emissions from livestock from 2030, rising to 750 krone ($107) in 2035.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 26 June 2024
Operating profit rose 27% to 31.8 billion kroner last quarter, the company said.
—Naomi Kresge, Fortune Europe, 2 May 2024
Novo Nordisk’s first quarter, by the digits 28%: How much Novo Nordisk’s net income rose in the three months ending March 31, to 25.4 billion Danish krone ($3.6 billion), from 19.8 billion Danish krone ($2.8 billion) in the same period last year.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Revenue for the medicine more than doubled to 9.38 billion kroner ($1.35 billion), falling short of analysts’ expectations.
—Naomi Kresge, Fortune Europe, 2 May 2024
Danske Bank cited the pharmaceutical group’s rising sales as a factor in Danish policymakers suppressing interest rates, given the need to peg the Danish krone to the euro.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 31 Jan. 2024
Here, the influx of profits drove up the value of the krone relative to the euro.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Zealand’s market value of 19.2 billion kroner ($2.8 billion), at less than 1% of Novo’s, is also eclipsed by the giant’s quarterly profit of 22.5 billion kroner.
—Christian Wienberg, Fortune Europe, 13 Dec. 2023
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