Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of demonetizing; the condition of being demonetized. Also spelled
demonetisation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or process of
demonetizing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country
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Examples
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And now under existing law we are purchasing 54,000,000 ounces of silver a year; so that what she calls the demonetization of silver has resulted in its use in our country to an extent more than fiftyfold greater than before its demonetization.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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If our demonetization were the only cause for the decline in the value of silver, then remonetization would be its proper and effectual cure.
American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) Various 1869
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= -- Absorbed in the greenback controversy, the people apparently did not appreciate, at the time, the significance of the "demonetization" of silver; but within a few years several events united in making it the center of a political storm.
History of the United States Mary Ritter Beard 1917
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Operating a fiat currency completely severed from gold in 1971 (continuing a trend of precious metals demonetization begun in the early nineteenth century) has built a veritable mountain of debt.
Bill Baker: The Wants and Fears of George Soros Bill Baker 2010
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This demonetization took on a greater furor when President Obama took a very low key approach to human rights in China during his visit to Shanghai and Beijing in November, 2009.
Demonizing China 2010
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I feared another demonetization of the "bad guys."
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Operating a fiat currency completely severed from gold in 1971 (continuing a trend of precious metals demonetization begun in the early nineteenth century) has built a veritable mountain of debt.
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Britain had to purchase silver from continental Europe to trade with China, which was a costly process at a time before demonetization of silver by Germany in the 1870s.
An Ounce of Gold and an Ounce of Cocaine, a Trillion Dollar Deficit and a War in Vain 2009
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Britain had to purchase silver from continental Europe to trade with China, which was a costly process at a time before demonetization of silver by Germany in the 1870s.
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Traditionalists wring their hands about the "vaporization of value" and "demonetization" of entire industries.
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business By Chris Anderson 2008
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