Questions tagged [money]

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Is there a word for the most granular parts of currency, eg, cents, pence, etc?

I am writing some instructions and I want my audience to understand that an amount must be entered in cents / pence / Eurocents / Satoshis etc. Is there a word that describes these small, granular parts of currency? I'm dealing with non-physical…
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Currency with 3+ decimals in words

How would you express currency that has over 2 decimals? For example if you said €65.37 that would be "sixty five euros and thirty seven cents". If you have €65.375 would you say "sixty five euros and three hundred seventy five cents". I guess that…
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What is it called when someone pays more for a service for personal gain?

Let's say someone works for a company. They decide to hire a friend to do a service for said company and pay their friend way above market price for said service at the expense of the company. What would that be called if there is a word for…
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When saying "making a donation on behalf of somebody" who has the money acually?

I was wondering when saying "make a donation on behalf of someone" does on behalf mean in the name of ? or it means someone who owns the money? Thank you .
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I am providing a quotation for work and I want to include the currency notation. We are both in the same country. Is it appropriate?

I am providing a quotation for work and I want to include the currency notation. My potential client and myself are both in the same country. Is it appropriate to use the currency notation? I know that if I'm doing things internationally and…
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How to make clear that I am referring to USD in writing smoothly?

I want to write the following: The whole apparatus cost less than 30 dollars Seems natural and attractive to me. Now, how do I make clear that I am referring to USD here? My alternatives are given below: The whole apparatus cost less than USD…
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A question about former British currency

Does "eight-and-sixpence" mean "eight shillings and six pence"?
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what is a single word to indicate bringing something up to currency?

looking to bring an aged computer systems up to latest version and want a single word to represent this action. This will form the banner line for a 3 phase strategy is, Stablise, bring up to currency, innovate.
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How do you say 100ths of the euro? cents/ centimes

Does it depend one he country how to say amounts in euros? 25.90 twenty-five euro(s), ninety cents twenty-five euro(s), ninety centimes twenty-five euro(s), ninety and with no euro, .70 seventy cents/ euro cents? Thanks for any insight.
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