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monetarize

monetarize verb: to assign monetary status to; to start circulating and accepting as currency.

Verb

monetarize (third-person singular simple present monetarizes, present participle monetarizing, simple past and past participle monetarized)

  1. (transitive) To assign monetary status to; to start circulating and accepting as currency.
    • to monetarize gold

Antonyms of monetarize

Forms of monetarize

third-person singular presentmonetarizes
present participlemonetarizing
past participlemonetarized
pastmonetarized

Origin of monetarize

From sanctuary + -ize.

Questions about monetarize

What does monetarize mean?
Monetarize means to assign monetary status to; to start circulating and accepting as currency.
What part of speech is monetarize?
Monetarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of monetarize?
The past tense of monetarize is monetarized.

Words near monetarize in the dictionary

  1. monetarisms
  2. monetarist
  3. monetaristic
  4. monetarists
  5. monetarization
  6. monetarize
  7. monetarized
  8. monetarizes
  9. monetarizing
  10. monetary
  11. monetary impotence

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