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gold standard

noun

Definitions

  1. A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold.

    • In countries that accepted the gold standard, currency could be exchanged at a bank for a fixed weight of gold.

  2. The highest or most reliable benchmark against which all others in a category are judged…

    The highest or most reliable benchmark against which all others in a category are judged or measured.

    • The OED is the gold standard for English dictionaries.
    • YC’s gold standard for revenue growth is ten per cent a week, which compounds to 142x a year.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA