Exchange Rate Amsterdam. Use the currency converter below to calculate the current exchange rate for the city of Amsterdam. The currency used in Amsterdam is the Euro. Amsterdam is the capital of The Netherlands. If you are traveling to Amsterdam, you will need to exchange your currency for the Dutch Euro. You may exchange your money for the Euro at most Amsterdam banks or at specialized stores called Foreign Exchange Bureaus.
Definition of embargo. plural. embargoes. 1 : an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports. 2 : a legal prohibition on commerce a trade embargo. 3 : stoppage, impediment; especially : prohibition I lay no embargo on anybody's words â Jane Austen.
Anderson, Alexander: Embargo Embargo, etching by Alexander Anderson, reflecting a hostile reaction to the Embargo Act of 1807. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. By 1805 the struggle between England and France had degenerated into a war of economic retribution, as each side attempted to starve the other into submission.