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SILVER STANDARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver standard mean? 

SILVER STANDARD (noun)
  The noun SILVER STANDARD has 1 sense:

1. a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of silverplay

  Familiarity information: SILVER STANDARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVER STANDARD (noun)


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Meaning:

A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of silver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("silver standard" is a kind of...):

monetary standard; standard (the value behind the money in a monetary system)


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