blocked currency
noun [C] ECONOMICS, FINANCEDefinition
› a currency that cannot be traded for other currencies because of government controls: After selling, it repays the loan in blocked currency at the official rate.
(Definition of blocked currency noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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