monetary

UK/'mʌnɪt(ə)rɪ/US/'mʌnitәri/

IELTSTOEFLGREB1

Definitions

adj.

Relating to money, currency, or a country's financial system.

货币的；金融的；财政的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

monetwarn, remind, advise; (money branch) coin

-arycharacterized by

=monetary

From monēta (coin) + -ary (relating to) = 'relating to coinage/money.' It belongs to the money branch of the root, and is mostly used in formal economic contexts: monetary policy, monetary value.

Root mon still carries 41 more words

Common Collocations

1.monetary policy货币政策
2.monetary system货币体系
3.monetary value货币价值
4.monetary union货币联盟

Example Sentences

1.
The central bank tightened monetary policy to curb inflation.
2.
The award has great symbolic but little monetary value.
3.
Several countries formed a monetary union with a shared currency.

Easily Confused

monetary vs financial — monetary is narrowly about money/currency itself, especially central-bank and currency matters (monetary policy). financial is broader: anything about money management, funding and finance (financial crisis, financial advice). You wouldn't say 'monetary advice.'

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