Definitions
Etymologies
- Hungarian for Florence. (Wiktionary)
- Hungarian, from Italian fiorino, florin; see florin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The forint is the world's worst-performing currency in the last month, having lost 4.2 percent against the euro.”
“The forint is the world's worst-performing currency in the second half, having lost 15.5 percent to the euro since June 30.”
“The forint is the world's worst performing currency against the euro in the past three months, having lost 7.7 percent against the single currency.”
“MáV is calling the forint loans in two parts: one for HUF 1.7 billion and the other for HUF”
“Market positioning is relatively light, but given Hungary's vulnerabilities stemming from indebtedness, the forint could be a high beta currency in the emerging market asset class world.”
“The country still operates on the forint, meaning big value for travelers.”
“Our economy has grown for six consecutive quarters, unemployment levels are falling and the Hungarian forint is one of the world's strongest-performing currencies this year.”
The Wall Street Journal: Forget Austerity, Follow Hungary's Lead
“Above, U.S. dollar, euro and Swiss franc bank notes are seen on top of the notes of the Hungarian forint.”
The Wall Street Journal: Rising Dollar: Headwind for U.S. Growth
“For example, the Hungarian forint depreciated by 23% against the Swiss franc between the start of the year and its weakest point in early August.”
The Wall Street Journal: Interesting Times in Europe's Other Periphery
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘forint’.
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currency
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lek, shilling, farthing, penny, dollar, cent, pound, peso, euro, won, yen, yuan and 106 more...
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Money
This started out as a Scrabble list, so I'm personally limiting myself to listing words which are acceptable in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, but go ahead and list whatever you can find...
lek, shekel, sheqalim, qindar, qindars, qindarka, qintar, qintars, dollar, dollars, penny, pennies and 143 more...
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HU Realia
Cultural realia from Hungary.
I have only included realia that already have an English spelling variant and DID NOT include Hungarian words that would be used in English texts unchang...charcoal kiln, embroidered felt ..., farmstead, golden stick, graft, herdsman’s whip, inn, lever well, limekiln, local border traffic, maypole, merino and 356 more...
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Money
The various names for "money" have been scattered about the world in various countries and are now coming together at last in this hopefully vast list.
grosze, money, cash, dough, euro, grosz, zloty, toman, pood, pelf, krone, pesewa and 22 more...
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Filthy Stinking Rich
Monetary units and other words that mean money. Other financial words are allowed too, as long as they're principally about money. Get it, principally? I kill me.
money, cash, dough, loot, wad, stack, booty, capital, nest egg, treasure, banknote, net and 168 more...
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