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Recent Examples of scripMiners were usually not paid in U.S. currency but in company scrip, which could only be redeemed at the company store.—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024 Telecom major Safaricom, NSE’s biggest scrip by average capitalization, lost 36.4% of its value, adding to foreign investors’ fears.—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 27 Apr. 2023 If that happens, then the ticket credits will fly away, leaving tens of thousands of passengers holding worthless airline scrip.—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020 The number of investors in the scrips increased from 857 to 55,343, Moneycontrol reported.—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for scrip
This began to change in the late 1800s for a variety of reasons, in part due to coins being replaced with paper money and held within financial institutions, but also as women began to become more independent from the home.
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Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Unlike paper money, gold is a physical asset with intrinsic value.
As an bonus, this would save the cash taking unnecessary detours to the federal government to pay bureaucrats, some of whom Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) suspects to be curiously well-off indeed.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
In addition to the cash payments, victims may be eligible for one year of three-bureau identity theft protection, credit monitoring, and at least $1 million of fraud/identity theft insurance, the settlement website states.
Trump taps Beach as new US treasurer President Donald Trump named Georgia state Sen. Brandon Beach as his administration's treasurer, meaning his signature will soon appear on U.S. currency.
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Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025
These intermediaries hold accounts in multiple currencies, facilitating transfers through the SWIFT network.
By revoking money from global-health efforts, the U.S. has created the conditions for the health of people around the world to deteriorate, which will give tuberculosis even more opportunities to kill.
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John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
Though the investments may seem legitimate, criminals eventually disappear with the consumers’ money.
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