Definition of "monetized" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of monetize. (verb)

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• "And though back then the word monetized didn't exist outside of economics departments, I see now that what unites all these qualities is precisely that: the ability to be leveraged for advantage in the great middle-class scramble for status."
• "The national debt has been "monetized" - turned into the national money supply."
• "This means that some, or even most, of the new treasuries that will be created by the Treasury and the Fed to fund the bailouts and deficits will have to be monetized, which is immediately inflationary."