standard weight and fineness

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• standard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estandard banner, standard, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English standan to stand and probably to Old High German hart hard Date: 12th century 1. a conspicuous object (as a banner) formerly… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value. [1825 35, Amer.] * * * Monetary system in which the standard unit of currency is a fixed quantity of gold or is freely convertible into gold at a fixed price. The… …   Universalium

• silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency. [1825 35, Amer.] * * * Monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined as a stated quantity of silver. It is… …   Universalium

• gold standard — /ˈgoʊld stændəd/ (say gohld standuhd) noun Economics a monetary system in which there is a free mintage of gold into standard legal coins, free movement of gold into and out of the country, and in which the currency unit is based on gold of a… …  

• silver standard — sil′ver stand ard n. num a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency …   From formal English to slang

• gold standard — gold′ stand ard n. num bus a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value • Etymology: 1825–35, amer …   From formal English to slang

• silver standard — /ˈsɪlvə stændəd/ (say silvuh standuhd) noun a monetary system with silver of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value …  

• standard — /stan deuhrd/, n. 1. something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model. 2. an object that is regarded as the usual or most common size or form of its kind: We stock the deluxe models as well as …   Universalium

• standard — stand•ard [[t]ˈstæn dərd[/t]] n. 1) something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison 2) cvb an object regarded as the most common size or form of its kind 3) a rule or principle that is used as a basis for… …   From formal English to slang

• standard — /ˈstændəd / (say standuhd) noun 1. anything taken by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model. 2. the authorised exemplar of a unit of weight or measure. 3. a certain commodity in which the basic monetary unit is stated,… …  

• Currency of Spanish America — This article provides an outline of the currency of Spanish America (las Indias, the Indies) from Spanish colonization in the 15th century until Spanish American independencies in the 19th. This great realm was divided into the Viceroyalty of New …   Wikipedia