monetary.

Relating to money, currency, or the management of money supply and credit.

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Words that belong together

• monetary policy
• monetary value

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The central bank tightened monetary policy as inflation rose.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, social science. Commonness: moderately common.