non-convertible currency

noun [C or U] (also inconvertible currency)

Definition

› ECONOMICS, MONEY currency that cannot be changed into gold or into the currencies of other countries: With a non-convertible currency, a rudimentary banking system and no stockmarket, the country was struggling.

(Definition of non-convertible currency noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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