remonetization
English
editAlternative forms
edit- remonetisation (mostly UK)
Etymology
editFrom remonetize + -ation or re- + monetization.
Noun
editremonetization (usually uncountable, plural remonetizations)
- (economics) The act or process of remonetizing, or restoring to the status of legal tender.
- 2009 January 15, Janet Maslin, “A Monetary Horror Story That Looks Like Today’s”, in New York Times[1]:
- “King, I’m glad to meet you,” declared Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, who was nominally in England to discuss the remonetization of silver.