Meanings
- pluralplural onlyuncommonbusinessForeign currency.
[…] in February there was a moderate decline in its holdings of devisen, and in March there was a loss of both devisen and gold.
1930, The Execution of the Experts’ Plan: Fifth Annuity Year and Transition Period, September 1, 1928 to May 17, 1930, page 1102 more examples
[…] the fall in the value of Hungary’s exports in 1930 had already driven the Government to use up a large proportion of its reserves in gold and devisen.
1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 91The central monetary powers were obligated to maintain existing parities and convertibility of their currencies by contracting their domestic money supply and shipping gold if under pressure and by offering credits, intervening on foreign exchange markets, and refraining from liquidating devisen to support other currencies under pressure.
1992, Kenneth A. Oye, Economic Discrimination and Political Exchange, →ISBN, page 107
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- GermanDevisen
- Englishdevisen
Borrowed from German Devisen.
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