gold standard

See also: Goldstandard

English

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Noun

gold standard (plural gold standards)

1. (economics) A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold.
   • 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 57

     In countries that accepted the gold standard, currency could be exchanged at a bank for a fixed weight of gold.

2. (figuratively) A test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal.

   The OED is the gold standard for English dictionaries.

Translations

monetary system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金本位 (zh) (jīnběnwèi)

• Danish: guldstandard, guldfod
• Dutch: gouden standaard
• Finnish: kultakanta (fi)
• French: étalon-or (fr) m
• German: Goldstandard (de) m
• Icelandic: gullfótur m

• Norwegian: gullstandard m
• Portuguese: padrão-ouro m, estalão-ouro m
• Romanian: etalon de aur (ro) n
• Russian: золото́й станда́рт m (zolotój standárt)
• Spanish: patrón oro m
• Swedish: guldmyntfot c
• Tagalog: gintong pamantayan

Further reading

• gold standard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia