monetary unit
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- a unit of moneyType of unit of measurement, unitKinds dollar, franc, Bahrainian monetary unit, Spanish monetary unit, Slovakian monetary unit, Bolivian monetary unit, Tanzanian monetary unit, Yugoslavian monetary unit, Dutch monetary unit, Maltese monetary unit +134 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Monetary unit
the standard of a national currency, as the dollar in the United States, the pound in England, the peso in Mexico, the ruble in Russia, the franc in France, the mark in Germany. Also, the standard of an international currency, such as the euro used in the European union.
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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54