gold reserve

  • 11gold reserve — supply of gold kept in a national bank …

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  • 12gold reserve — noun a quantity of gold held by a central bank …

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  • 13gold reserve — /ˈgoʊld rəzɜv/ (say gohld ruhzerv) noun the total gold coin and bullion held by a central authority either national or international. It is used to make international payments, and nationally to maintain the value of the token notes and coinage… …

  • 14gold reserve — The gold of the United States set aside as a backing for the currency …

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  • 15Gold exchange-traded fund — Gold exchange traded funds (or GETFs) are special types of exchange traded funds (ETFs) tracking the price of gold. Gold exchange traded funds are traded on the major stock exchanges including Mumbai, London, Paris and New York.HistoryThe idea of …

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  • 16gold certificate — ☆ gold certificate n. 1. Historical a type of U.S. paper currency redeemable in gold 2. a certificate or its equivalent, representing a share of the U.S. gold reserve, issued to or redeemed from the Federal Reserve Banks when gold is bought or… …

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  • 17Gold standard — For other uses, see Gold standard (disambiguation). Under a gold standard, paper notes are convertible into pre set, fixed quantities of gold. The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass… …

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  • 18gold — /gohld/, n. 1. a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; at. wt.: 196.967; at. no.: 79; sp. gr.: 19.3 at 20°C. 2. a quantity of gold coins: to pay in gold. 3. a… …

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  • 19gold-exchange standard — /gohld iks chaynj / a monetary system in one country in which currency is maintained at a par with that of another country that is on the gold standard. * * * ▪ monetary system       monetary system under which a nation s currency may be… …

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  • 20Gold — /gohld, gawld/, n. Nanay. /gohld/, n. 1. Herbert, born 1924, U.S. novelist and short story writer. 2. Thomas, born 1920, U.S. astronomer, born in Austria: formulated the steady state theory of the universe. * * * I Metallic chemical element, one… …

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