monetary unit
Dollar or euro
A monetary unit is the standard denomination of a country's currency—the dollar in the United States, the euro in much of Europe, the yen in Japan.
The term appears in financial and legal contexts where precision matters: The contract specified payment in the local monetary unit.
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
- dollarBasic U.S. currency unit
- euroShared continental currency
- currencyMedium of exchange
- pesoLatin American currency
rupee · denomination · face value · krona · foreign currency · currency exchange · banknote · yen · dinar · pound · franc · sterling · numismatics · dime · gold · treasury · mint · bill
monetary unitbarter
Direct goods-for-goods exchange
barter system · trade goods · commodity exchange · direct exchange · gift economy
monetary unitpriceless
Too valuable to quantify
worthless · free · invaluable · unpriced · sentimental value
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