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Definition of Monetize
1. Verb. Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country. "They monetized the lira"
Generic synonyms: Decriminalise, Decriminalize, Legalise, Legalize, Legitimate, Legitimatise, Legitimatize, Legitimise, Legitimize
Derivative terms: Monetisation, Monetization
Definition of Monetize
1. v. t. To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to monetize silver.
Definition of Monetize
1. Verb. To convert something (especially a security) into currency ¹
2. Verb. To mint money ¹
3. Verb. To establish a currency as legal tender ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monetize
1. to coin into money [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monetize
Literary usage of Monetize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Senator Benjamin H. Hill of Georgia: His Life, Speeches and Writings by Benjamin Harvey Hill (1891)
"Therefore the senator concludes that Congress is compelled to monetize both, and
has no power to refuse to monetize either. I regret that the senator is not ..."
2. The Political Economy of Great Britain, the United States, and France, in by John Badlam Howe (1878)
"... if legislation — can monetize any one metal, it can monetize two; and if it
can monetize two, it can and ought, unquestionably, to declare the ratios. ..."
3. The Transition of Finance in Japan and the United States: A Comparative by Thomas F. Cargill, Shoichi Royama (1988)
"In the past, economists regarded the decision to monetize a government deficit
as belonging to the monetary authority. Political and other noneconomic ..."
4. Foreign Assistance: Global Food for Education Initiative Faces Challenges by Loren Yager (2002)
"WFP does not propose to monetize food commodities to fund related ... WFP will
monetize only to effect an exchange between donated commodities and locally ..."
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