special drawing right

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special drawing right

noun special drawing rights

A monetary unit of account maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the value of which is based on a basket of major currencies, currently (since 2016) consisting of the US dollar, the euro, the renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling.
Similar: paper gold

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noun accounting unit

Español	derecho especiales de giro
한국어	특별인출권 teukbyeorinchulgwon
日本語	特別引出権 tokubetsu hikidashi ken
中文	特別提款權 /特别提款权 tèbié tíkuǎn quán
Français	droit de tirage spéciaux
Deutsch	Sonderziehungsrecht

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@misc{special_drawing_right_2026,
  title = {special drawing right},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/special%20drawing%20right},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}