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yens

yens is the plural of yen.

yens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yen.

Meaning of yen

Noun (1)

yen (plural yen)

  1. The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
    • Passing by those clauses of it which demand no notice, we arrive at that which provides that "each proposal (for purchase) must state the price per picul of rice in gold yen." But why in gold yen, a coin as yet so scarce as to be almost beyond the ken of the foreign merchant?1872 February 24, “The Export of Rice”, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Political, Commercial, and Literary Journal, volume III, number 8, Yokohama: ジャパンメール新聞社 [Japan Meru Shinbunsha], →OCLC, page 95...
  2. A coin or note worth one yen.
    • When banks lend, they create money out of nothing, without withdrawing it from other parts of the economy. This way, fiscal policy would not have crowded out private-sector activity yen by yen, as actually happened.2003, Richard Werner, “Preface”, in Princes of the Yen: Japan’s Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN

Noun (2)

yen (plural yens)

  1. A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
    • humankind's yen for knowledge

Noun (3)

yen (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Opium.
    Synonyms:
    aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine

See all 5 meanings of yen

Pronoun

yens (second person plural)

  1. (Appalachia, Midwestern-US, Pennsylvania, Western, also, colloquial) You, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience.
    Synonyms:
    the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Synonyms of yens

  • the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Forms of yens

alternative formyins
alternative formyinz

Origin of yens

A contraction of the phrase "ye ones".

Questions about yens

What does yens mean?
Yens means you, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience.
What is yens the plural of?
Yens is the plural of yen.
What part of speech is yens?
Yens is a pronoun.

Words near yens in the dictionary

  1. yenning
  2. Yennora
  3. yenny
  4. yenom
  5. Yenpien
  6. yens
  7. Yensembam
  8. Yenser
  9. Yenshenbam
  10. Yenshih
  11. Yenshui

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