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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Late Latin
Origin: monetarius, from Latin moneta; MONEY

monetary

 adjective
     
Related topics: Economics
mon‧e‧ta‧ry W3 [only before noun]
PE relating to money, especially all the money in a particular country:
the government's tight monetary policy
objects of little monetary value
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