plural won also wons
the basic monetary unit of North Korea and South Korea see Money Table
Examples of won in a Sentence
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Diksha Madhok, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
In 2023, the company earned a per-share profit of 4,120 won ($3.11) on net income of 77 billion won ($58.1 million), up 46% from 2022.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
Beauty devices accounted for 82% of APR’s 372 billion won (about $280 million) revenues in the first three quarters of last year, almost as much as the company made in all of 2022.
—John Kang, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The parties’ focus on population in their election planks reflects growing alarm after spending of more than 360 trillion won ($270 billion) in areas such as child care subsidies since 2006 has failed to reverse record-low fertility rates.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
Shares of South Korean beauty-device maker APR rose 27% in their public debut Tuesday on the Korea Exchange, valuing the company at about 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion).
—John Kang, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Together and New Jeans helped Korean music company HYBE enjoy record revenue of 2.18 trillion won ($1.67 billion), up 22.6%, in 2023, according to the company’s latest earnings report.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2024
The government has already raised fees for doctors in essential services such as pediatrics, obstetrics, and emergency medicine since last year and will inject more than 10 trillion won ($7.48 billion) to boost these fees further, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said.
—Ju-Min Park and Jack Kim, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2024
Anyone who refuses to follow such orders can be punished with a suspension of his or her license for up to one year, and three years in prison or a 30 million won (roughly $22,500) fine.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
Noun
The South Korean tech giant estimates its operating profit to have increased to 6.6 trillion Korean won ($4.9 billion) in the January-to-March quarter, from the 0.64 trillion won reported a year earlier, according to an earnings guidance released on Friday.
—Diksha Madhok, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
In 2023, the company earned a per-share profit of 4,120 won ($3.11) on net income of 77 billion won ($58.1 million), up 46% from 2022.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
Beauty devices accounted for 82% of APR’s 372 billion won (about $280 million) revenues in the first three quarters of last year, almost as much as the company made in all of 2022.
—John Kang, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The parties’ focus on population in their election planks reflects growing alarm after spending of more than 360 trillion won ($270 billion) in areas such as child care subsidies since 2006 has failed to reverse record-low fertility rates.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
Shares of South Korean beauty-device maker APR rose 27% in their public debut Tuesday on the Korea Exchange, valuing the company at about 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion).
—John Kang, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Together and New Jeans helped Korean music company HYBE enjoy record revenue of 2.18 trillion won ($1.67 billion), up 22.6%, in 2023, according to the company’s latest earnings report.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2024
The government has already raised fees for doctors in essential services such as pediatrics, obstetrics, and emergency medicine since last year and will inject more than 10 trillion won ($7.48 billion) to boost these fees further, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said.
—Ju-Min Park and Jack Kim, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2024
Anyone who refuses to follow such orders can be punished with a suspension of his or her license for up to one year, and three years in prison or a 30 million won (roughly $22,500) fine.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Won.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/won. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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