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monetary system

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

ECONOMICS the system of money used by a country or countries: European/global/international, etc. monetary system If we had no debts in our global monetary system, no money could exist.
(Definition of monetary system noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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