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SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does special drawing rights mean? 

SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS (noun)
  The noun SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS has 1 sense:

1. reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund; designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange marketplay

  Familiarity information: SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund; designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

paper gold; special drawing rights

Hypernyms ("special drawing rights" is a kind of...):

reserve assets (capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands)


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