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mon⋅e⋅tar⋅y

[mon-i-ter-ee, muhn-]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the coinage or currency of a country.
2. of or pertaining to money; pecuniary: The necklace has sentimental as opposed to monetary value.

Origin:
1795–1805; < LL monētārius. See money, -ary


mon⋅e⋅tar⋅i⋅ly [mon-i-tair-uh-lee, muhn-, mon-i-ter-uh-lee, muhn-] , adverb


1. See financial.
mon·e·tar·y   (mŏn'ĭ-těr'ē, mŭn'-)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to money.
  2. Of or relating to a nation's currency or coinage.

[Late Latin monētārius, from Latin monēta, money, mint; see money.]
mon'e·tar'i·ly adv.

Monetary

Mon"e*ta*ry\, a. [L. monetarius belonging to a mint. See Money.] Of or pertaining to money, or consisting of money; pecuniary. "The monetary relations of Europe." --E. Everett.

Monetary unit, the standard of a national currency, as the dollar in the United States, the pound in England, the franc in France, the mark in Germany.
Language Translation for : monetary
Spanish: monetario,
German: Geld-…,
Japanese: 金銭の

monetary 
"of or pertaining to money," 1802, from L.L. monetarius "pertaining to money," originally "of a mint," from L. moneta "mint, coinage" (see money).
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