Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special drawing right

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: spe-cial -draw-ing right
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

special drawing rights (plural)

Synonyms

paper gold

Questions

What does special drawing right mean?: 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.

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