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remonetize

American  
[ree-mon-i-tahyz, -muhn-] / riˈmɒn ɪˌtaɪz, -ˈmʌn- /
especially British, remonetise

verb (used with object)

remonetized, remonetizing
  1. to restore to use as legal tender.

    to remonetize silver.


remonetize British  
/ riːˈmʌnɪˌtaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to reinstate as legal tender

    to remonetize silver

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • remonetization noun

Etymology

Origin of remonetize

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; re- + monetize

Example Sentences

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This means they were effectively fired, and had to go through YouTube to remonetize their channel and earn AdSense revenue.

From The Verge

The proposition to remonetize silver or to increase the silver coinage was vigorously opposed, but the arguments then presented by the advocates of remonetization never have been, and never can be, refuted.

From Project Gutenberg

The history of the subsequent struggle to remonetize silver only serves to illustrate and emphasize the correctness of that statement of the case.

From Project Gutenberg

It now has $1,400,000,000 of sterilized gold�gold which it will now remonetize.

From Time Magazine Archive

Practically every inflationary scheme discussed had its silvery promise: to remonetize silver at 16 to 1; to have the U. S. take $100,000,000 worth of silver from any government in payment on War debts; to have the U. S. buy 5,000,000 oz. of silver per month; to have the U. S. buy $250,000,000 worth of silver to remove the world surplus.

From Time Magazine Archive