monetary

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence—from 273 BC to AD 84—of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v. Doublet of minter.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnɪt(ə)ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnɪtɛɹi/, /ˈmʌnətɛɹi/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈman.ə.teː.ɹi/

monetary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

   Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.

• monetarily
• monetary impotence
• monetary instrument
• monetary policy
• monetary unit
• non-monetary

• “monetary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “monetary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “monetary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• myronate, naometry