monetary unit

noun

: the standard unit of value of a currency

Examples of monetary unit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To encourage the moral character of New Atlantans, Leicester introduced a monetary unit called the scruple. Fred Nadis, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024 Under a genuine gold standard, a monetary unit is defined as a specific quantity of gold. William J. Luther and Alexander William Salter, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2021 Olmec, Toltec, Maya, Aztec—that found ways to exploit the bean, which was variously used as a monetary unit, a measuring unit and a meal. Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019 Rather than paying retailers directly with the digital money, Coinbase charges users a fee to convert other monetary units into a digital currency. SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of monetary unit was in 1810

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“Monetary unit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monetary%20unit. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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