the basic monetary unit of Hungary see Money Table
Examples of forint in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebTo improve Hungarians’ purchasing power, the government also pegged the national currency, the forint, to the euro and Swiss franc at an unrealistically favorable exchange rate.—Dariusz Kalan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015 Hungary is a member of the European Union, making continental travel a breeze (though remember that the country uses its own currency, the forint).—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024 The forint has dropped more than 10% against the euro this year, the third-worst performance among emerging market currencies after the Argentine peso and the Turkish lira, largely because of uncertainty over EU fund access.—Jorge Valero, Bloomberg.com, 12 Dec. 2022 The cap that had set gasoline prices at 480 forint ($1.2) per liter, by far the cheapest in the EU, was lifted at 11 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said at a late briefing in Budapest.—Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg.com, 7 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for forint
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