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to denominate

to denominate

5 7.0
To give a name to something or say its value, often in money
  • verb
  • /dɪˈnɑːməˌneɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : denominar
  • Many countries issue bonds that are denominated in foreign currencies to attract overseas investors.
  • dollar-denominated
  • denominated bonds
  • denominated assets

Gazprom successfully made payment on a dollar denominated bond this week.

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Examples

  • With some 60 percent of China's official reserves held in dollar-denominated assets, diversification by Beijing would be a very big deal.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Gazprom successfully made payment on a dollar denominated bond this week.

    Patrick Boyle

  • Or at least the US could put out a bond denominated in gold.

  • It's a reserve is a security denominated in a currency.

  • And the tournament was denominated in Bitcoin.

    Chris Williamson

  • Budget items denominated in foreign currency became prime targets of spending cuts.

    Academic text (2001)

  • All calculations should be denominated in one currency, preferably the U.S. dollar.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Of all debt securities denominated in a foreign currency, more than three-quarters are in dollars and euros.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Interest payments on dollar-denominated bonds in Costa Rica would still be in colones.

    Academic text (1990)

  • All bonds are U.S.-dollar denominated, which eliminates potential foreign exchange rate effects on yield spreads.

    Academic text (2012)

How Specified

to denominate
  • Specialized
5 7.0
to label
92 1.0
to mark
203 1.4

Surface Forms

denominate infinitive
denominated past
denominated past participle
denominating present participle
denominates third person singular

Morphology

denominate = nominate (semi-transparent) = de + nominate

Formally related to the same root as 'denomination' (a named value) so learners familiar with 'denomination' or the idea of naming values may infer the monetary/unit sense, but the morphological pieces themselves are not fully productive in modern English.

Etymology

Denominate comes from the Latin parts de- and nomen, where nomen means 'name'. In money and measurements it means to 'name' the value or unit, so to denominate a note in euros is to state its value in that currency.