monetary

The definition of monetary is something related to money or currency.

(adjective)

The system wherein people pay with dollar bills and other paper money is an example of the monetary system.

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See monetary in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. of or having to do with the coinage or currency of a country
  2. of or having to do with the supply of money in an economy; specif., designating or of policy that regulates the money supply, as through the periodic adjustment of certain interest rates by a central bank

Origin: LL monetarius, of a mint < L moneta, a mint

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See monetary in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Of or relating to money.
  2. Of or relating to a nation's currency or coinage.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin monētārius

Origin: , from Latin monēta, money, mint; see money

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Related Forms:

  • monˈe·tarˌi·ly adverb

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