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bancor

bancor noun: a hypothetical supranational currency.

Noun

bancor (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

Forms of bancor

pluralbancors

Origin of bancor

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

Questions about bancor

What does bancor mean?
Bancor means a hypothetical supranational currency.
What part of speech is bancor?
Bancor is a noun.
What is the plural of bancor?
The plural of bancor is bancors.

Words near bancor in the dictionary

  1. bancks
  2. banco
  3. Bancock
  4. bancoed
  5. bancoing
  6. bancor
  7. bancorporation
  8. bancorporations
  9. bancors
  10. bancos
  11. Bancroft

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