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market-basket currency  

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  • A market-basket currency is a form of money (medium of exchange) whose value is determined as a weighted average of the value of other currencies. The term is often confused with the term currency basket, which is actually the group of selected currencies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Market-Basket Currency]

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