monetary English · revision 7824

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1663|origins=la moneta}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/ ''(UK)''; /ˈmɑnɪˌtɛɹi/, /ˈmʌnəˌtɛɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|monetarius|alt=monētārius|t=of a mint, of money]], perhaps through French [[m|fr|monétaire]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin [[m|la|moneta|alt=monēta|t=mint, coinage]] (see [[money]], [[mint]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of coinage or currency: 1663 in MWU,^(MWU 2024) 1802–12, in Bentham, in Barnhart and the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Pertaining to money in general, pecuniary, is from 1860.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''Monetarist'', an advocate of tight control of the money supply, is from 1963, and ''monetarism'' from 1969, American English.^(Barnhart 1988) Collins also relates monetary policy to monetarism.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1663 – first known use.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1802–12 – of coinage.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1860 – of money in general.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1963 – monetarist.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to [[money]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of or relating to a nation's [[currency]] or coinage, or to [[monetarism]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[monetarily]]

+ * [[nonmonetary]]

+ * [[premonetary]]

+ * [[unmonetary]]

+ * [[monetary unit]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mint]]

+ * [[money]]

+ * [[monetarism]]

+ * [[monetize]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}