monetary standard
noun[C]
ukusECONOMICS
something that is used tomeasurethevalueof acurrency, or that the currency'svalueisbasedon:
Gold is nolongerthemonetarystandardfor the USdollar.
Examplesofmonetary standard
monetary standard
The officials had to convert these into the currentmonetarystandard.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These terms have continued even after the internationalmonetarystandardis no longer based on specie.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tobacco began to be used amonetarystandard, which is why the term cash crop was originated.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It serves as a general metric for a nominalmonetarystandardof living and is not adjusted for costs of living within a region.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They advocate a reckless attempt to increase the price of silver by legislation to the debasement of ourmonetarystandard, and threaten unlimited issues of paper money by the government.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Support for amonetarystandardwas also, according to our evidence, quite strong.
From the
Hansard archive
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A commonmonetarystandardwill be established, with the consent of the various governments, by which industrial transactions will be greatly facilitated.
FromProject Gutenberg
We can inflate gold prices while having an internationalmonetarystandard.
From the
Hansard archive
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I would like from the people who have these opinions a clear exposition of an alternative internationalmonetarystandard.
From the
Hansard archive
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Up to 1908 themonetarystandardworked fairly well in all big countries.
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Hansard archive
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