conversion
- noun
- /kənˈvɜrʒən/
- Specialized
- And to do the conversion, we first need to deposit money into your Traditional IRA.
- currency conversion
- conversion rate
- money conversion
Examples
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But can the same be said of the analysis of conversion rates on digital channels?
Blog text (3) -
Throughout this article, we use the conversion rate of 7.6 rand per U.S. dollar.
Academic text (2008) -
The question is how do we find the conversion rate between these two areas?
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...though on their company website have much higher sales numbers and conversion rates.
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It's a swap, but we decide in advance on what the conversion is, what the swap rate is between EUR and dollars.
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One of several remedies imposed by the court was the conversion to CNG.
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Six pence half a Shilling, you can do the conversion to Yen.
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In Colombia, the final stage is conversion into Colombian pesos.
Academic text (1994) -
"MCP," as the co-op is known, buys corn for conversion into high-fructose corn syrup.
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The bank offers favorable conversion rates for exchanging euros into U.S. dollars.
Synonyms
Changing money from one currency to another
A meeting where people trade things like books or clothes
Compounds
- Specialized
A condition where emotional stress causes loss of movement or feeling without a medical cause
- Specialized
A number used to multiply an amount in one unit to get the same amount in another unit
- Archaic
Bodily problems like paralysis or blindness that come from emotional stress and have no physical cause
- Specialized
To change information from one format to another so it works in a new system
- Archaic
A condition where strong emotions cause physical symptoms without a medical cause
A change in religion near the end of someone's life, often adopting a new faith
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conversion comes from the same root as convert, and the Latin parts con- and vertere meaning 'together' and 'to turn'. That is why exchanging dollars for euros is a conversion — you 'turn' one kind of money into another.