yen
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yen (yen)
noun
☆ Informal a strong longing or desire
Etymology: prob. < Cantonese yan, smoke (n.), opium
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yen Finance Definition
The
currency of the Japanese government. While prices fluctuate, as of this
printing it takes about 110 to 130 yen to purchase one U.S. dollar. The symbol
is ¥, or is written as JPY.
yen
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cost: An optional AC adaptor will cost 945 yen, and a desktop holder will cost 630 yen.
- rise: Don't bother Published: 02 March 2006 Do you fancy a stint teaching English in the land of the rising yen?
- sell: Goldman sold 45 billion yen of shares in Japan's first hotel REIT in February.
- get: Las Vegas Elvis Weddings Got a yen for Elvis?
- have: Should you have a yen to look at the sea there are seven miles of sandy beach at Burnham-on-Sea.
- pay: But Gen and Ryuta are being paid 10 yen a day to look after the cantankerous fool.
Preposition: against
- dollar: The rise in interest rates on government bonds has also contributed to a rise in the yen against the dollar further squeezing Japanese exports.
Adjective modifier
- Japanese: The pound firmed against the Japanese yen, reaching a new five hear high at 224 yen in March.
- weak: Analysts said the improvement had come because of a weaker yen and more optimism about company earnings.
- wee: Then they change their cry to " wee yen!
Modifies a noun
- card: There were 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 3,000 yen, 2,000 yen, and 1,000 yen cards.
- worth: More importantly, they estimate 112 trillion yen worth of damage will be caused.
- coin: But rather than choosing a product, the crooks in this case press for coin return and the machine returns a 500 yen coin.
- depreciation: Still, an overseas acquisition spree could follow a yuan strengthening, just as it did the yen depreciation.
- trading: It would also be offset by greater U.S. dollar and yen trading against the Euro.
Possessives
- weakness: Last week, a German official said the yen's weakness against the euro would be brought up at the meeting.
Preposition: for
- year: The answer as far as I'm concerned is definitely yes and the yen for next year is starting to be unbearable already.
Preposition: per
- year: Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland infected by bacteria that decreases milk production and costs 69 billion yen per year in Japan.
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