standard money
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of standard money
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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They are now well above 1 percent, and, a month or so from now, standard money market fund rates should be above 2 percent.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
The at-risk money — nearly $3,000 per student — is one slice of a complicated school funding formula and is distributed on top of the standard money that is allocated to each student.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2022
Even under the gold standard, money wasn’t purely a commodity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Store your money in many different places—but don’t feel compelled to use standard money belts.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2015
It is not necessary, in answering our second question, as to the reasons why gold and silver have become the standard money of the world, to go far in the study of primitive moneys.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
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