monetary unit

noun

: the standard unit of value of a currency

Examples of monetary unit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When people start leaving a monetary unit at the cash register for the next customer, the unit is too small to be useful. — Chad De Guzman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025

Under a genuine gold standard, a monetary unit is defined as a specific quantity of gold. — William J. Luther and Alexander William Salter, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2021

Olmec, Toltec, Maya, Aztec—that found ways to exploit the bean, which was variously used as a monetary unit, a measuring unit and a meal. — Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019

Lastly, Warsh should inform the uninformed that inflation is a shrinkage of the monetary unit, higher prices the occasional effect. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

To encourage the moral character of New Atlantans, Leicester introduced a monetary unit called the scruple. — Fred Nadis, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024

Rather than paying retailers directly with the digital money, Coinbase charges users a fee to convert other monetary units into a digital currency. — SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2019

The changes – which included a devaluation of the local currency – have started to bring Nigerian inflation under control, stabilized the monetary unit, and spurred investment in the oil, gas and agricultural sectors. — Emele Onu, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for monetary unit

• lunate
• multiunit
• subunit