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monetary

Definition

  • adjective: of or relating to money
  • adjective: of or relating to 'money' or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy

Examples

  • Gold was once the basis of the U.S. 'monetary' system.

  • this administration's 'monetary' policy

  • a crime committed for 'monetary' gain

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We must diagnose this case at once. Quick, Doctor, your notebook. Bless my soul. Hmmm, mm-hmm. My, my.Just as l thought. A slight touch of monetary complications... with bucolic semi-lunar contraptions ofthe flying trapezes. Mm-hmm. Say ''hippopotamus.'' - Hi-ho-hotamus. - l knew it! (..)
    1940 Pinocchio