TWD
Business & Finance abbreviation · Currency
| Stands for | New Taiwan dollar |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business & Finance |
TWD stands for New Taiwan dollar, a currency abbreviation.
Taiwan's currency, issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and commonly written NT$. It is called "new" because it replaced the old Taiwan dollar in 1949 at 40,000 to 1.
Example: The night-market dinner came to TWD 450 for two people.
Usage notes
The cent subunit is no longer used in practice. Spoken Mandarin calls the unit yuan or kuai. Taiwan's export-driven economy, dominated by semiconductors, makes the currency sensitive to global chip demand.