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  2. Currency pair - Wikipedia

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    The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency). This means that 1 Euro can be exchangeable to 1.25 US Dollars. The most traded currency pairs in the world are called the Majors. They involve the currencies euro, US dollar ...

  3. Canadian dollar - Wikipedia

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    The cost of one United States dollar in Canadian dollars from 1990 The cost of one Euro in Canadian dollars from 1999 Since 76.7% of Canada's exports go to the U.S., and 53.3% of imports into Canada come from the U.S., [ 34 ] Canadians are interested in the value of their currency mainly against the U.S. dollar.

  4. History of Canadian currencies - Wikipedia

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    The government fixed the value of the Canadian dollar against the pound sterling ($4.43 buying and $4.47 selling) and also against the US dollar ($1.10 (US$0.9091) buying and $1.11 (US$0.9009) selling). The government also imposed strict currency controls on exchanges with foreign currencies, particularly the United States dollar.

  5. Currency symbol - Wikipedia

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    A centesimal subdivision of the US dollar, the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso: U+00A2 ¢ CENT SIGN: c: cent etc. variant Fraction In currencies Australian and New Zealand dollar; the South African rand; the West African CFA centime, and divisions of the euro

  6. De facto currency - Wikipedia

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    Countries using the United States dollar as their de facto currency include Aruba and Cambodia, where most hotels, restaurants, and transportation are priced in dollars; [1] Dominican Republic where it is acceptable in many places, including airports to pay temporary visa fees for non-US/Dominican visits; Iraq, where United States commercial, governmental and military involvement due to the ...

  7. EURion constellation - Wikipedia

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    Canadian dollar: Banknotes in the Canadian Journey ... 25 PT., 50 PT., £E 1 Euro: All (2002 First series and the 2013 "Europa" series) Faroese króna: All (2001 and ...

  8. Reserve currency - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian dollar (as a regional reserve currency for banking) has been an important part of the British, French and Dutch Caribbean states' economies and finance systems since the 1950s. [42] The Canadian dollar is also held by many central banks in Central America and South America.

  9. Slang terms for money - Wikipedia

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    Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...