WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mon′etary u′nit,
- the standard unit of value of the currency of a country, as the dollar in the U.S. and the franc in France.
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1860–65
'monetary unit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
as
- austral
- bhat
- bolívar
- boliviano
- cent
- centavo
- centesimo
- centime
- céntimo
- colón
- cruzado
- cruzeiro
- denar
- deni
- Deutschmark
- dinar
- dirham
- dobra
- dollar
- drachma
- dram
- escudo
- eyrir
- forint
- franc
- groschen
- guilder
- inti
- kina
- kopeck
- krona
- krone
- kwacha
- lepton
- lira
- mark
- markka
- naira
- nickel
- öre
- Ostmark
- penni
- penny
- peseta
- peso
- pfennig
- Afghani
- agora
- aureus