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gold standard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold.
   • 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, published 2004, page 57:
2. (figuratively) The highest or most reliable benchmark against which all others in a category are judged or measured.
   • YC’s gold standard for revenue growth is ten per cent a week, which compounds to 142x a year. 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:
   • The OED is the gold standard for English dictionaries.

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Translations (31)

sv guldmyntfot (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · pt estalão-ouro (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · ca patró or (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · pl złoty standard (test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal) · pt moeda-ouro (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · fi kultakanta (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · de Goldstandard (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · nl gouden standaard (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · vi bản vị vàng (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · no gullstandard (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · fr référence (test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal) · fr étalon-or (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · be залаты́ станда́рт (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · es patrón oro (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · da guldfod (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · eu urre-patroi (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · pl parytet złota (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · ru золото́й станда́рт (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · ko 금본위제 (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · fi mittatikku (test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal) · ro etalon de aur (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · pt padrão-ouro (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · tl gintong pamantayan (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · is gullfótur (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · hu aranystandard (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · da guldstandard (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · hu aranyalap (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · ms piawai emas (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · vi kim bản vị (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold) · cmn 黃金標準 /黄金标准 (test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal) · cmn 金本位 (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold)