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numeraire

numeraire is the alternative spelling of numéraire.

Meaning of numéraire

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

Forms of numeraire

pluralnumeraires

Questions about numeraire

What is numeraire the alternative spelling of?
Numeraire is the alternative spelling of numéraire.

Words near numeraire in the dictionary

  1. numerable
  2. numerableness
  3. numerably
  4. numeracies
  5. numeracy
  6. numeraire
  7. numeraires
  8. numeral
  9. numeral system
  10. numeral systems
  11. numeraled

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