monetary standard

1. 1.

   the value behind the money in a monetary system

   Synonymsstandard

   Broadervalue

   Narrowergold standardsilver standardbimetallism

Questions about monetary standard

What does monetary standard mean?

monetary standard means "the value behind the money in a monetary system".

What is another word for monetary standard?

Close synonyms include standard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monetary standard a common word?

monetary standard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.