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Definition of "monetary" []

  • Of or relating to money. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a nation's currency or coinage. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "monetary" in a sentence
  • "You know, the term monetary supply, it takes the metaphor of the virtual economy and assumes that that's essential way to understand what we're doing."
  • "The Group's marketable securities portfolio mainly comprises short term monetary investments."
  • "Compare how and how much they spend to how much we incur in monetary costs every day for the Iraq war."