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monetary

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mon⋅e⋅tar⋅y

  [mon-i-ter-ee, muhn-]
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–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

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

Synonyms:
1. See financial.
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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.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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