monetary

[mon-i-ter-ee, muhn-] Origin

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; < Late Latin monētārius. See money, -ary

mon·e·tar·i·ly [mon-i-tair-uh-lee, muhn-, mon-i-ter-uh-lee, muhn-] , adverb
non·mon·e·tar·y, adjective
pre·mon·e·tar·y, adjective
un·mon·e·tar·y, adjective


1. See financial.

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monetary (ˈmʌnɪtərɪ, -trɪ)
 
adj
1.  of or relating to money or currency
2.  of or relating to monetarism: a monetary policy
 
[C19: from Late Latin monētārius, from Latin monētamoney]
 
'monetarily
 
adv

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