monetary

adj
/ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/UK/ˈmɑnɪˌtɛɹi/CA/ˈmɐn.ə.teː.ɹi/

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. Doublet of minter.

  1. derived from monētārius — “of a mint
  2. derived from monētārius — “pertaining to money
  3. derived from monétaire

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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at monetary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at monetary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at monetary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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