monetary

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmʌnɪt(ə)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.

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