Definition of monetary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

monetary

adjective

/ˈmʌnɪtri/

/ˈmɑːnɪteri/

[only before noun]

connected with money, especially all the money in a country
- monetary policy/growth
- an item of little monetary value
- closer European political, monetary and economic union
Synonyms economic
economicfinancial ▪ commercial ▪ monetary ▪ budgetaryThese words all describe activities or situations that are connected with the use of money, especially by a business or country.
economic connected with the trade, industry and development of wealth of a country, an area or a society:
This book deals with the social, economic and political issues of the period.
financial connected with money and finance:
She had got into financial difficulties.
Tokyo is a major financial centre.
commercial connected with the buying and selling of goods and services.monetary (formal or finance) connected with money, especially all the money in a country:
closer European monetary union
budgetary (finance) connected with a budget (= the money available or a plan of how it will be spent).
Patterns
- economic/financial/commercial/monetary/budgetary affairs/decisions
- the economic/financial/commercial/budgetary climate
- the economic/financial/commercial side of something
- a(n) economic/financial/commercial centre
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Monetary is used with these nouns:
compensation
discipline
donation
…
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French monétaire or late Latin monetarius, from Latin moneta ‘money’.

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