monetary unit

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noun

the standard unit of value of the currency of a country, as the dollar in the U.S. and the franc in France.

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Origin of monetary unit

Probably earlier than 1860–65

Words nearby monetary unit

monetarily, monetarism, monetary, monetary aggregate, monetary policy, monetary unit, Monet, Claude, monetization, monetize, money, moneybag

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How to use monetary unit in a sentence

“Stay in formation,” a sergeant from the ceremonial unit said over a public address system to the cops along the street.
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My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.
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Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.
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They then become members of the ultra elite Unit 121, granted premium housing and a well-stocked cupboard.
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The unit is used to attack foreign networks, and either it or a sister organization was involved in the Sony hack.
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That is, the Government was led into the policy of borrowing through the increase of monetary forms.
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But all these fiscal operations should be, for our present purposes, separated from monetary operations.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
It was an error not to separate borrowing entirely from monetary issues.
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The issue of government paper money is, indeed, a new departure; but its purpose has been more distinctly monetary than fiscal.
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As a fighting unit they are on their last legs and when they will be set upon their feet again Lord K. knows.
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British Dictionary definitions for monetary unit

monetary unit

noun

a unit of value and money of a country, esp the major or standard unit

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