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YUAN [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
Universal entry(ies)
CNY
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The basic monetary unit of China.

OBS

renminbi : In some contexts, "renminbi" is used as a countable noun meaning a unit of Chinese currency, synonym to "yuan. "Not to be confused with the other meaning of "renminbi, "being the Chinese currency whose unit is the yuan.

OBS

CNY: code standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CNY
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Unité monétaire de la République populaire de Chine.

OBS

CNY : code normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CNY
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Unidad monetaria de China.

OBS

CNY: código normalizado por la ISO.

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Record 2 2018-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

The currency of the People's Republic of China consisting of yuan.

OBS

renminbi : not to be confused with "renminbi" when used as a countable noun meaning a unit of Chinese currency, synonym to "yuan. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

Le renminbi (RMB) — la «monnaie du peuple» — est le nom officiel de la devise chinoise. Le yuan est l'unité de compte qui lui correspond. Dans les faits, les deux mots sont utilisés pour désigner la monnaie de la Chine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
CONT

¿Qué es el renminbi? El renminbi (RMB) –divisa oficial de China– está en camino de unirse al dólar norteamericano y al euro como una de las tres divisas globales más importantes.

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Record 3 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

A weighted average of bilateral exchange rates for the Canadian dollar againstthe currencies of Canada’s major trading partners.

CONT

A new Canadian-dollar effective exchange rate index (CERI) has been created to replace the C-6 index that the Bank currently uses. The CERI uses multilateral trade weights published by the International Monetary Fund and includes the six currencies of countries or economic zones with the largest share of Canada’s international trade.

OBS

The six foreign currencies in the CERI are the [American] dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen, the [pound sterling], the Chinese yuan and the Mexican peso.

Key term(s)
  • canadian dollar effective exchange rate index

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Moyenne pondérée des taux de change bilatéraux du dollar canadien par rapport aux monnaies des principaux partenaires commerciaux du Canada.

CONT

La Banque du Canada a créé un nouvel indice de taux de change effectifdu dollar canadien, l'indice TCEC, pour remplacer l'indice C-6 qu'elle utilisait jusqu'ici. Fondé sur les pondérations établies par le Fonds monétaire international sur la base du commerce multilatéral, ce nouvel indice comprend les six monnaies des pays ou des zones économiques détenant les plus larges parts des échanges du Canada avec l'étranger.

OBS

Les six devises composant l'indice sont le dollar [américain], l'euro, le yen japonais, la livre sterling, le yuan chinois et le peso mexicain.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Astronautics
OBS

NSPO was established by the National Science Council(NSC) of the Executive Yuan in October 1991 as a governmental agency to execute the national space program. Since founded, NSPO has been operated according to the Act "Long-term Planning of the ROC Space Technology Development"(The First Phase Space Program).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Astronautique
Key term(s)
  • Bureau du Programme spatial national

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
  • Audio Technology
  • Cost Accounting
CONT

Mr Ding said falls in the price of handsets and an elimination of connection fees would help boost mobile penetration in China. Handset fees have fallen 75 per cent since 1997, from 6, 000 yuan(about HK$5, 623) in 1997 to 1, 500 yuan last year.

OBS

Term used mainly in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • handset fee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
  • Électroacoustique
  • Comptabilité analytique
OBS

S'emploie toujours au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Finance
OBS

Working paper of the Bank of Canada, by Mingwei Yuan and Wenli Li, 1999, 44 pages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Finances
OBS

Document de travail numéro 99-1 de la Banque du Canada, par Mingwei Yuan et Wenli Li, 1999, 44 pages.

Spanish

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