free silver

noun

, Economics.

1. the free coinage of silver, especially at a fixed ratio with gold.

free silver

noun

1. the unlimited minting of silver coins, esp when at a fixed ratio to gold

Other Words From

• free-silver adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of free silver¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

Lately the Democrats have espoused "free silver," and the Republicans have "buried" them.

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Free silver orators were telling the farmers that under a gold standard no factory could run.

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This decline resulted politically in the famous Bryan "Free Silver" campaign.

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He had ridden Free Silver to death and grown tired of Prohibition.

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But for his advocacy of Free Silver and his affiliation with the Populists, he might have reached the goal of his ambition.

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