monetary

[mon-i-ter-ee, muhn-]

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adjective

of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.

of or relating to money; pecuniary: The necklace has sentimental as opposed to monetary value.

Origin of monetary

From the Late Latin word monētārius, dating back to 1795–1805. See money, -ary

Related formsmon·e·tar·i·ly

[mon-i-tair-uh-lee, muhn-, mon-i-ter-uh-lee, muhn-] /ˌmɒn ɪˈtɛər ə li, ˌmʌn-, ˈmɒn ɪˌtɛr ə li, ˈmʌn-/, adverbnon·mon·e·tar·y, adjectivepre·mon·e·tar·y, adjectiveun·mon·e·tar·y, adjective

Synonyms for monetary

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1. See financial.

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Related Words for monetary

fiscal, financial, budgetary, pecuniary, capital, cash, commercial, pocket

Examples from the Web for monetary

Contemporary Examples of monetary

Her wealthy family imposed its own monetary and social punishment for stepping outside the sorority.
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Other chapels have taken on commitment ceremonies in the last couple years just for the monetary issue.
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The Brown family will sue for monetary compensation as hundreds do every year in federal courthouses across the nation.
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Anwar looks and sounds like an accountant as he addresses a question no more incendiary than monetary debt, with charts included.
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen goes before the Senate Banking Committee to give a semi-annual monetary policy testimony.
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Historical Examples of monetary

Among these people, there ought to be a good crop of monetary sensations.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454
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To have had to appeal to the girl for monetary help was bad enough.
The Grell Mystery
Frank Froest
The monetary explanation of the romance, he found, was the popular one in the village.
Ghetto Comedies
Israel Zangwill
This is one of the most difficult phases of monetary theory.
The Principles of Economics
Frank A. Fetter
The livre was the old French monetary unit which was displaced by the franc.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923
Various

British Dictionary definitions for monetary

monetary

adjective

of or relating to money or currency

of or relating to monetarisma monetary policy

Derived Formsmonetarily, adverb

Word Origin for monetary

C19: from Late Latin monētārius, from Latin monēta money

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Word Origin and History for monetary

adj.

"pertaining to money," 1802, from Late Latin monetarius "pertaining to money," originally "of a mint," from Latin moneta "mint, coinage" (see money). Related: Monetarily.