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monetary

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Etymology

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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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monetary (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.
    Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.
    • 2019, Emerson Kathy Lynn, How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries:
      Wondering how else he passed his time, Winifred surveyed the room again, this time without regard for the monetary value of the things she saw. A box of lutestrings. Five songbooks. But no lute.
    • 2022, Jason Whittaker, Elizabeth Potter, Bodies, Noise and Power in Industrial Music, page 62:
      The song is set in a "red room," a likely fiction, urban legend space of torture and death. Being urban legend, details can differ, but consistent within the mythos of the “red room” is its existence on the “deep web” and crowd involvement—likely with a monetary cost—to decide how the person will be tortured and killed.

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