remonetization
English
Alternative forms
- remonetisation (mostly UK)
Etymology
remonetize + -ation or re- + monetization
Noun
remonetization (usually uncountable, plural remonetizations)
- (economics) The act or process of remonetizing, or restoring to the status of legal tender.
- 2009, January 15, “Janet Maslin”, in A Monetary Horror Story That Looks Like Today’s:
- “King, I’m glad to meet you,” declared Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, who was nominally in England to discuss the remonetization of silver.
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