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MONETARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monetary mean? 

MONETARY (adjective)
  The adjective MONETARY has 1 sense:

1. relating to or involving moneyplay

  Familiarity information: MONETARY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONETARY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or involving money

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

monetary; pecuniary

Context example:

he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services

Pertainym:

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

Derivation:

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

money (the official currency issued by a government or national bank)


 Context examples 


Monetary awards made by NIH for research and support services.

(Grants and Contracts, NIH, NCI Thesaurus)

Concerning or related to monetary conditions.

(Financial, NCI Thesaurus)

They are to share a monetary award of SEK9 million (approximately GBP738 thousand or USD910 thousand) from the Nobel Foundation.

(Swedish academy announces 2019 Nobel Prize winners in physics, Wikinews)



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