finmark

or finn·mark

[ fin-mahrk ]

noun

1. the markka of Finland.

Word History and Origins

Origin of finmark¹

From Swedish; Finn, mark ²

Example Sentences

The second-floor condo, located in the Americana Finmark community, is priced at $239,900.

From Washington Post

Around a third of the population rely on loans for necessities like food, according to financial inclusion organization FinMark Trust.

From Reuters

Brendan Pearce, chief executive of FinMark Trust, said measures to open up the credit market in South Africa had worked “almost too well”.

From Reuters

About 75% of adults in the country have bank accounts, a survey done by technology research body FinMark shows.

From BBC

He had recently returned from a two years' residence at Archangel, where the merchants of Finmark send their sons to learn the Russian language, as it is of vital importance for their trading interests—the greater portion of the trade of Finmark being with the White-Sea districts, which supply them with meal and other necessaries in exchange for stockfish, &c.

From Project Gutenberg