Monetary means relating to money, especially the total amount of money in a country.
[business]
Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.
The courts will be asked to place a monetary value on his unfinished career.
Synonyms: financial, money, economic, capital More Synonyms of monetary
monetary in British English
(ˈmʌnɪtərɪ, -trɪ)
adjective
1.
of or relating to money or currency
2.
of or relating to monetarism
a monetary policy
Derived forms
monetarily (ˈmonetarily)
adverb
Word origin
C19: from Late Latin monētārius, from Latin monētamoney
monetary in American English
(ˈmɑnəˌtɛri; occas. ˈmʌnəˌtɛri)
adjective
1.
of or having to do with the coinage or currency of a country
2.
of or having to do with the supply of money in an economy; specif., designating or of policy that regulates the money supply, as through the periodic adjustment of certain interest rates by a central bank
SIMILAR WORDS: fiˈnancial
Derived forms
monetarily (ˈmoneˌtarily)
adverb
Word origin
LL monetarius, of a mint < L moneta, a mint1
Examples of 'monetary' in a sentence
monetary
Without a forecasting framework its monetary policy committee would be whistling in the dark.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But the significance of the judgement far outweighs the monetary value of the settlement.
Computing (2010)
Monetary policy has reached its limits.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With debt is under control, monetary policy might finally have a chance of returning to normal settings.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His stimulus plans are welcomed with open arms in a world that has relied on easy monetary policy to keep the economy ticking over.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Indeed, she demurred from her colleagues on the monetary policy committee in not supporting additional measures of quantitative easing.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The new policy sets no time limit but vows to continue monetary easing until inflation has been firmly established above 2 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This cannot be left to the Bank of England and monetary policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We should gradually withdraw some of the monetary stimulus.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Voucher has no monetary value and cannot be exchanged for cash.
The Sun (2009)
We can deliver on deepening economic and monetary union within the treaties.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Who told them to import our monetary policy?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Voucher has no monetary or resale value.
The Sun (2011)
Monetary union cannot succeed without fiscal union.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But there are limits to how far monetary policy can provide an effective stimulus.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Is this letter of any monetary value?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The emphasis was on reducing inflation through monetary and fiscal discipline as a means of producing the conditions for stable growth.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And the delayed effects of the monetary and tax stimulus could kick in and pull the economy back onto a growth path.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They also fail to understand the process through which monetary policy affects inflation - through demand.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We are simultaneously stifling growth with regulation of banks and risking financial stability with what we are doing with monetary and fiscal stimulus.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Monetary policy should be based on medium and long-term inflation expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The purpose of monetary stimulus is to change consumers' and businesses' expectations about inflation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The primary purpose of its monetary policy committee is to keep consumer price index inflation within the Government's two per cent target.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
monetary
British English: monetary /ˈmʌnɪtərɪ; -trɪ/ ADJECTIVE
Monetary means relating to money.
...monetary policy.
American English: monetary
Arabic: نِقْدِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: monetário
Chinese: 货币的
Croatian: monetaran
Czech: měnový
Danish: monetær
Dutch: monetair
European Spanish: monetario
Finnish: raha-
French: monétaire
German: geldlich
Greek: νομισματικός
Italian: monetario
Japanese: 通貨の
Korean: 금전상의
Norwegian: penge-
Polish: pieniężny
European Portuguese: monetário
Romanian: monetar
Russian: денежный
Latin American Spanish: monetario
Swedish: penning-
Thai: เกี่ยวกับเงินตรา
Turkish: parasal
Ukrainian: валютний
Vietnamese: thuộc tiền tệ
Chinese translation of 'monetary'
monetary
(ˈmʌnɪtərɪ)
adj
[system, policy, control]货(貨)币(幣)的 (huòbì de)
(adjective)
Definition
of money or currency
They tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.
Synonyms
financial
The company is in financial difficulties.
money
economic
Their country faces an economic crisis.
capital
cash
fiscal
The government tightened fiscal policy.
budgetary
huge budgetary pressures
pecuniary
She denies obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of budgetary
huge budgetary pressures
Synonyms
financial,
money,
economic,
monetary,
fiscal,
pecuniary
in the sense of economic
Definition
of or relating to an economy or economics
Their country faces an economic crisis.
Synonyms
monetary,
financial,
material,
fiscal,
budgetary,
bread-and-butter (informal),
pecuniary
in the sense of fiscal
Definition
of or relating to government finances, esp. tax revenues