Meanings
plural special drawing rights
- A monetary unit of account maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the value of which is based on a basket of major currencies, currently (since 2016) consisting of the US dollar, the euro, the renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling.
Synonyms: paper gold
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA monetary unit of account maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the value of which is based on a basket of major currencies, currently (since 2016) consisting of the US dollar, the euro, the renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 特別提款權 /特别提款权
- 特別提款權 /特别提款权 (tèbié tíkuǎn quán)accounting unit
Dutch speciaal trekkingsrecht
- speciaal trekkingsrechtaccounting unit
Finnish erityisnosto-oikeus
- erityisnosto-oikeusaccounting unit
French droit de tirage spéciaux
- droit de tirage spéciauxaccounting unit
German Sonderziehungsrecht
- Sonderziehungsrechtaccounting unit
Japanese 特別引出権
- 特別引出権 (tokubetsu hikidashi ken)accounting unit
Korean 특별인출권
- 특별인출권 (teukbyeorinchulgwon)accounting unit
Spanish derecho especiales de giro
- derecho especiales de giroaccounting unit
Cite this entry
special drawing right. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/special%20drawing%20right
“special drawing right.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/special%20drawing%20right. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “special drawing right,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/special%20drawing%20right.
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