bimetallism

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ metallism.

Noun

bimetallism (countable and uncountable, plural bimetallisms)

1. (economics) The use of a monetary standard based upon two different metals, traditionally gold and silver usually in a fixed ratio of values.
   • 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 34:

     As in China, bi-metallism exacerbated rural unrest in Nguyen Vietnam.

Related terms

• bimetallist
• bimetallistic
• monometallism

Translations

a monetary standard

• Finnish: kaksimetallikanta, bimetallismi
• French: bimétallisme (fr) m
• Galician: bimetalismo (gl) m
• Greek: διμεταλλισμός (el) m (dimetallismós)
• Polish: bimetalizm m
• Russian: биметалли́зм (ru) m (bimetallízm)
• Spanish: bimetalismo (es) m
• Swedish: bimetallism c, dubbelmyntfot c