a system of currency in which the principal monetary unit is divided into 100 smaller units (or occasionally 1000; cf. mil, n.1 1).

The system of allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals (e.g. gold and silver) at a fixed ratio to each other, as coined money.

The monometallic system or standard of currency; advocacy of this system.

the free coinage of silver bullion at government mints; belief in or advocacy of such a policy.

the use of several different metals, esp. for coinage.

The policy of adopting a silver standard for coinage.

A proposed monetary system based on the use of an amalgam of gold and silver as a standard (see quot. 1979).

the use of a triple standard of currency.

a currency system which is not tied to the gold standard or to any other currency but is regulated by the government of the country concerned.

One monetary unit common to a number of nations, territories, etc., each of which also has, or formerly had, its own separate currency; spec. = sin…

a form of currency proposed by U.S. economist Irving Fisher (1867–1947) at the beginning of the 20th cent., whose gold value would be adjusted…

A form of currency proposed by Irving Fisher at the beginning of the 20th cent., whose gold value would be determined on the basis of the market…

A currency which is not convertible into other currencies, or whose price in terms of other currencies is expected to fall. Cf. hard currency, n. 2.