bancor

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noun

A hypothetical supranational currency.

OriginFrench banque →
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Meanings

nounbancor (plural bancors)

plural bancors

  1. A hypothetical supranational currency.

    Absent significant monetary instability or an injunction for use of bancor for the making of an important set of payments (e.g. payment of taxes), surmounting the barriers to wide acceptance would be a key and perhaps prohibitive challenge.

    2010, IMF, Reserve Accumulation and International Monetary Stability, page 27

Origin

  1. Frenchbanque“bank”
  2. Englishbancor

Coined by John Maynard Keynes in 1940-42, based on French banque (“bank”) and or (“gold”).

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APA

bancor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bancor

MLA

“bancor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bancor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bancor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bancor.

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