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numéraire

numéraire noun: a basic standard by which values are measured.

Noun

numéraire (plural numéraires)

  1. A basic standard by which values are measured.
    • The role of the numeraire currency makes its position asymmetrical with respect to other currencies, because to fix the price of other currencies in terms of the numeraire requires using the numeraire currency as a medium of intervention, vehicle of transactions, and store of value.1976, Robert J. Carbaugh, Liang-Shing Fan, The International Monetary System: History, Institutions, Analyses, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, page 75
    • And, of course, the bond market provides the necessary futures market for the numéraire good.1992, Robert E. Kuenne, General Equilibrium Economics: Space, Time and Money, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 492

Forms of numéraire

pluralnuméraires
alternative formnumeraire

Origin of numéraire

From French numéraire. Doublet of numerary.

Questions about numéraire

What does numéraire mean?
Numéraire means a basic standard by which values are measured.
What part of speech is numéraire?
Numéraire is a noun.
What is the plural of numéraire?
The plural of numéraire is numéraires.

Words near numéraire in the dictionary

  1. numuds
  2. Numulgi
  3. Numunuu
  4. Numurana
  5. Numurkah
  6. numéraire
  7. numéraires
  8. nun
  9. nun buoy
  10. nun buoys
  11. Nun Monkton

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