gold standard
Noun
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Noun
gold standard (plural gold standards)
- (economics) A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold.
- 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 57
- In countries that accepted the gold standard, currency could be exchanged at a bank for a fixed weight of gold.
- 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 57
- (figurative) A test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal.
- The OED is the gold standard for English dictionaries.
- French: étalon-or
- German: Goldstandard
- Portuguese: padrão-ouro, estalão-ouro
- Russian: золото́й станда́рт
- Spanish: patrón oro
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