bimetallism
Americannoun
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the use of two metals, ordinarily gold and silver, at a fixed relative value, as the monetary standard.
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the doctrine or policies supporting such a standard.
noun
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the use of two metals, esp gold and silver, in fixed relative values as the standard of value and currency
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the economic policies or doctrine supporting a bimetallic standard
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This action ended bimetallism and placed the United States on the gold standard.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Apr. 9, 2018
He is leader of the Western Silver bloc which has crowded President Roosevelt month by month closer and closer toward bimetallism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although the President expressed hope of getting international action, every statesman knew that no important nation except the U. S. is willing even to consider bimetallism.
From Time Magazine Archive
That would be symmetallism, first cousin to bimetallism and would take the speculative element out of the U. S. silver hoard.
From Time Magazine Archive
The theoretical considerations which underlie the controversy between the supporters and the opponents of bimetallism find their appropriate place in the article Money, as does also the earlier history of the double standard.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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