fiat
准绳,准尉,准许,准绳上说的
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Definitions
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- : an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:a royal fiat.
- : a fixed form of words containing the word fiat, by which a person in authority gives sanction, or authorization.
- : an arbitrary decree or pronouncement, especially by a person or group of persons having absolute authority to enforce it: The king ruled by fiat.
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In effect, it is just a digital version of the fiat currency, which in India’s case is the rupee.
Initially, Libra had proposed creating a cryptocurrency supported by a basket of government-issued fiat currencies and securities.
Such currencies, which are under discussion, would be backed by each country’s existing currencies, known as fiat currencies.
But the recent batch of polls shows Americans to be, what else, deeply split on whether Obama was right to do this by fiat.
The grand prize is a pristine white Fiat Panda 4X4 – with full options.
They can be unmade by judicial fiat, but it feels awfully cruel to do so.
The Senate had, in fact, been in pro forma session when Obama issued his fiat that the body was in recess.
Coinbase and Vault of Satoshi both allow users to purchase Bitcoin with dollars and other fiat currency.
He became the umpire of taste, and his word was received as the fiat of fashion.
When at length comes the conviction that all are doomed, the fiat goes forth to put the suffering creatures out of pain.
And do not let anybody fool you for a single second by talking about "fiat money" and "inflation of the currency."
They had imagined that the Pope would not dare to utter words of defiance against the fiat of an irreligious Bloc.
After a heated debate the fiat went forth that Congress could not take action till 1808.