monetary

mon·e·tar·y

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adjective

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

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

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monetary

of or having to do with the coinage or currency of a country
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 of monetary

Late Latin monetarius, of a mint from Classical Latin moneta, a mint

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monetary

adjective

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

Origin of monetary

Late Latin monētārius from Latin monēta money, mint ; see money .

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mon′e·tar′i·ly
adverb

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