Meanings
- not comparableOf, pertaining to, or consisting of money.
Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.
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So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.
2019 August 1, Mark Zandi, “Blame Trump for the Fed’s broken monetary policy compass”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2026Wondering how else he passed his time, Winifred surveyed the room again, this time without regard for the monetary value of the things she saw. A box of lutestrings. Five songbooks. But no lute.
2019, Emerson Kathy Lynn, How to Write Killer Historical MysteriesThe song is set in a "red room," a likely fiction, urban legend space of torture and death. Being urban legend, details can differ, but consistent within the mythos of the “red room” is its existence on the “deep web” and crowd involvement—likely with a monetary cost—to decide how the person will be tortured and killed.
2022, Jason Whittaker, Elizabeth Potter, Bodies, Noise and Power in Industrial Music, page 62
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or involving money
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmonētārius“of a mint”
- Late Latinmonētārius“pertaining to money”
- Middle Frenchmonétaire
- Englishmonetary
From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence—from 273 BC to AD 84—of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v. Doublet of minter.
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Afrikaans monetêr
- monetêrof or relating to money
Arabic نَقْدِيّ, مَالِيّ
- نَقْدِيّ (naqdiyy)of or relating to money
- مَالِيّ (māliyy)of or relating to money
Bulgarian пари́чен, валу́тен
- пари́чен (paríčen)of or relating to money
- валу́тен (valúten)of or relating to money
Catalan monetari
- monetariof or relating to money
Chinese Mandarin 貨幣 /货币
- 貨幣 /货币 (huòbì)of or relating to money
Czech peněžní
- peněžníof or relating to money
Danish monetær
- monetærof or relating to money
Dutch geld-, geldelijk
- geld-of or relating to money
- geldelijkof or relating to money
- monetairof or relating to money
Esperanto mona
- monaof or relating to money
Finnish raha-, rahallinen
- raha-of or relating to money
- rahallinenof or relating to money
- monetaarinenof or relating to money
French monétaire
- monétaireof or relating to money
German Geld-, geldlich
- Geld-of or relating to money
- geldlichof or relating to money
- finanziellof or relating to money
- pekuniärof or relating to money
- monetärof or relating to money
Greek χρηματικός, νομισματικός
- χρηματικός (chrimatikós)of or relating to money
- νομισματικός (nomismatikós)of or relating to money
Hindi आर्थिक, वित्तीय
- आर्थिक (ārthik)of or relating to money
- वित्तीय (vittīya)of or relating to money
Hungarian pénzügyi, monetáris
- pénzügyiof or relating to money
- monetárisof or relating to money
Indonesian moneter
- moneterof or relating to money
Irish airgeadúil, airgeadaíochta
- airgeadúilof or relating to money
- airgeadaíochtaof or relating to money
Italian monetario
- monetarioof or relating to money
Japanese 貨幣の, 金銭的な
- 貨幣の (kahei no)of or relating to money
- 金銭的な (kinsenteki na)of or relating to money
Korean 화폐
- 화폐 (hwapye)of or relating to money
Latin monetarius, monetalis
- monetariusof or relating to money
- monetalisof or relating to money
Malay مونيتاري
- مونيتاري (monétari)of or relating to money
Norwegian Bokmål monetær
- monetærof or relating to money
Persian پولی, مالی
- پولی (puli)of or relating to money
- مالی (mâli)of or relating to money
Polish monetarny, pieniężny
- monetarnyof or relating to money
- pieniężnyof or relating to money
- walutowyof or relating to money
Portuguese monetário
- monetárioof or relating to money
Romanian monetar, bănesc
- monetarof or relating to money
- bănescof or relating to money
Russian де́нежный, валю́тный
- де́нежный (dénežnyj)of or relating to money
- валю́тный (valjútnyj)of or relating to money
Slovak peňažný
- peňažnýof or relating to money
Spanish monetario
- monetarioof or relating to money
Swedish monetär, penning-
- monetärof or relating to money
- penning-of or relating to money
Turkish parasal
- parasalof or relating to money
Ukrainian валю́тний, грошови́й
- валю́тний (valjútnyj)of or relating to money
- грошови́й (hrošovýj)of or relating to money
- гроше́вий (hrošévyj)of or relating to money
Welsh ariannol
- ariannolof or relating to money
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Cite this entry
monetary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monetary
“monetary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monetary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monetary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monetary.
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