monetary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˈmʌnɪtɹi] (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈmʌnəˌtɛɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmɑnɪˌtɛɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈmɐn.ə.teː.ɹi/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.
The 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:Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.
Wondering 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 Mysteries: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 2026:
Deriveds
unmonetary · non-monetary · monetarization · monetary unit · nonmonetary · monetary policy · monetary impotence · monetarily · premonetary · monetary instrument
Relateds
money · monetarist · mint · monetarism
Translations (71)
sl denaren (of or relating to money) · el χρηματικός (of or relating to money) · uk грошови́й (of or relating to money) · ga airgeadúil (of or relating to money) · gl monetario (of or relating to money) · ms مونيتاري (of or relating to money) · hy դրամական (of or relating to money) · mk паричен (of or relating to money) · sk peňažný (of or relating to money) · af monetêr (of or relating to money) · pl pieniężny (of or relating to money) · es monetario (of or relating to money) · hu monetáris (of or relating to money) · ar مَالِيّ (of or relating to money) · sh но̀вчанӣ (of or relating to money) · nl geld- (of or relating to money) · hi आर्थिक (of or relating to money) · ja 貨幣の (of or relating to money) · id moneter (of or relating to money) · la monetalis (of or relating to money) · it monetario (of or relating to money) · la monetarius (of or relating to money) · de monetär (of or relating to money) · ja 金銭的な (of or relating to money) · ko 화폐 (of or relating to money) · el νομισματικός (of or relating to money) · hi वित्तीय (of or relating to money) · ru валю́тный (of or relating to money) · be грашавы́ (of or relating to money) · nl geldelijk (of or relating to money) · de geldlich (of or relating to money) · ro monetar (of or relating to money) · de pekuniär (of or relating to money) · sv monetär (of or relating to money) · pl walutowy (of or relating to money) · fr monétaire (of or relating to money) · fi monetaarinen (of or relating to money) · cy ariannol (of or relating to money) · hu pénzügyi (of or relating to money) · gv argidoil (of or relating to money) · ca monetari (of or relating to money) · ro bănesc (of or relating to money) · fa پولی (of or relating to money) · eo mona (of or relating to money) · bg пари́чен (of or relating to money) · fi raha- (of or relating to money) · cmn 貨幣 /货币 (of or relating to money) · uk валю́тний (of or relating to money) · uk гроше́вий (of or relating to money) · fi rahallinen (of or relating to money) · ka ფულადი (of or relating to money) · sl monetaren (of or relating to money) · be валю́тны (of or relating to money) · pt monetário (of or relating to money) · bg валу́тен (of or relating to money) · de Geld- (of or relating to money) · de finanziell (of or relating to money) · ru де́нежный (of or relating to money) · nb monetær (of or relating to money) · mk монета́рен (of or relating to money) · zza perevi (of or relating to money) · fa مالی (of or relating to money) · ar نَقْدِيّ (of or relating to money) · pl monetarny (of or relating to money) · da monetær (of or relating to money) · ga airgeadaíochta (of or relating to money) · nl monetair (of or relating to money) · sv penning- (of or relating to money) · sh nòvčanī (of or relating to money) · tr parasal (of or relating to money) · cs peněžní (of or relating to money)