Meanings
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in the town of Carroll, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
- economicsA fixed exchange rate system in which the dollar was convertible to gold and all other participating currencies were pegged to the dollar.
Origin
(economics): Formulated at a 1944 conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 布雷頓森林體系 /布雷顿森林体系, 布雷頓森林 /布雷顿森林
- 布雷頓森林體系 /布雷顿森林体系 (Bùléidùn Sēnlín tǐxì)system
- 布雷頓森林 /布雷顿森林 (Bùléidùn Sēnlín)area
Finnish Bretton Woodsin järjestelmä, Bretton Woods -järjestelmä
- Bretton Woodsin järjestelmäsystem
- Bretton Woods -järjestelmäsystem
- Bretton Woodsarea
French système monétaire de Bretton Woods, Bretton Woods
- système monétaire de Bretton Woodssystem
- Bretton Woodsarea
Cite this entry
APA
Bretton Woods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bretton%20Woods
MLA
“Bretton Woods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bretton%20Woods. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bretton Woods,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bretton%20Woods.
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