monetary

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnɪtɹi/, /ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnɪteɹi/, /ˈmʌnəteɹi/

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monetary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

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

• monetarily
• monetary impotence
• monetary instrument
• monetary policy
• monetary unit

• monetary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• monetary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• monetary at OneLook Dictionary Search

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