denominate
part of speech
verb (denominate, denominates, denominated, denominating)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal, money) To denominate an amount or a price is to state it in a particular currency or unit. tree →
2) (formal) To denominate something is to give it a name. tree →
sense in the lessons
A formal money word in news and economics: «prices are denominated in dollars». Children more often meet the related words denomination (the value of a coin or note, like a £5 note; or a Christian group such as Methodists or Catholics) and denominator (the bottom number of a fraction).
examples
- By Indians he might have meant Ethio- pians, or any other nation under the torrid zone which the ancients used tu denominate as Indians (T. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Oil prices are denominated in US dollars. tree →
- The prize was denominated in euros. tree →
- The loan was denominated in pounds. tree →
- Old Latin books denominate the river by another name. tree →
- Many international prices are denominated in dollars. tree →
- The cost was denominated in both currencies. tree →
note
Formal and rare. Related: denomination (a coin's value; a church group), denominator (fraction's bottom number: in 3/4 the denominator is 4). In money problems, «denominated in pounds» means the amount is counted in pounds.
Trees and pragmatics
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