monetary
//ˈmʌnɪtəɹi//
Definitions
1.Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.
- Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.
- So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.
- Wondering how else he passed his time, Winifred surveyed the room again, this time without regard for the monetary value of the things she saw. A box of lutestrings. Five songbooks. But no lute.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4642
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence, from 273 BC to AD 84, of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v.