MONETISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monetise mean? 

• MONETISE (verb)
  The verb MONETISE has 1 sense:

1. give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

  Familiarity information: MONETISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONETISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they monetise    ... he / she / it monetises   
Past simple: monetised   
Past participle: monetised   
-ing form: monetising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

monetise; monetize

Context example:

They monetized the lira

Hypernyms (to "monetise" is one way to...):

decriminalise; decriminalize; legalise; legalize; legitimate; legitimatise; legitimatize; legitimise; legitimize (make legal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

monetisation (establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country)