Common collocations with currency in American Collocation

Purchases and sales of foreign currency were subject to a small tax.

I had taken a supply of local currency with me as I was not sure how frequent the cashpoints would be.

When going abroad, travellers are advised to take travellers’ cheques in a major currency such as Euros, US dollars and Pounds Sterling.

One of Africa’s most unique game parks is being put up for sale to Western buyers in order to raise hard currency.

On 1st January 1999 11 countries joined a European Monetary Union and created a single currency – the Euro.

The UAE Dirham is a very stable currency.

Worthless currency now made food shortages commonplace and severe.

The Euro is now the official currency of 12 EU member states (including Finland).

The change-over will allow people not only to get rid of counterfeit currency, but also to launder cash which has been illegally obtained.

You should only exchange currency at banks or hotels.

During the 1960s the Irish government decided to adopt a decimal currency like many of its European neighbours.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept any currency other than sterling.

In most countries it is only the Government, through their central banks, who are permitted to issue currency.

China devalued its currency in 1994.

Will China revalue her currency?

Most other East Asian currencies were pegged to the dollar.