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monetary.

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/Received-Pronunciation[ˈmʌnɪtɹi]Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɑnɪˌtɛɹi/Canada, General-American/ˈmʌnəˌtɛɹi/Canada, General-American
  1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

    not-comparable
    Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.
Where this word comes from

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence—from 273 BC to AD 84—of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v. Doublet of minter.

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