monetary

CEFRC1

/ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to money or the financial system.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

Examples

  • Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.

  • Monetary policy in United States has been characterized by tight credit over the months.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmɐn.ə.teː.ɹi/

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In context

  • Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.

  • So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.

  • Wondering how else he passed his time, Winifred surveyed the room again, this time without regard for the monetary value of the things she saw. A box of lutestrings. Five songbooks. But no lute.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence—from 273 BC to AD 84—of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v. Doublet of minter.