Bimetallism

Definition: Bimetallism

Bimetallism

Noun

1. A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio.

Date "bimetallism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Finance	A system of money in which the unit is legally defired in terms of two metals, both being legal tender and with a fixed rate of exchange between them. Source: European Union. (references)
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In economics, bimetallism is a monetary standard where the value of the monetary unit can be expressed either with a certain amount of gold or with a certain amount of silver: the ratio between the two metals is fixed by law.

This monetary system is very unstable: due to the fluctuation of the commercial value of the metals, the metal with a commercial value higher than the currency value tends to be used as metal and is withdrawn from circulation as money (Gresham's Law).

Due to this instability, all the countries that used a bimetallic standard switched to the gold standard at the end of the 19th century.

Crosswords: Bimetallism

English words defined with "bimetallism": bimetallist ♦ Monometallism, Monometallist. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Bimetallism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (bimetallism).

Domain	Title
Books	Bimetallism : An Economic and Historical Analysis (reference) International Bimetallism (reference) The History of Bimetallism in the United States.: (reference) (more book examples)
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Language		Translations for "bimetallism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏نظام المعدنين. (various references)

Bulgarian		биметализъм. (various references)

Danish		bimetal (bimetal, bimetallic strip). (various references)

Dutch		bimetallisme, bimetaal (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip), dubbele standaard, dubbele muntvoet, dubbele muntstandaard. (various references)

Finnish		kaksimetallikanta. (various references)

French		bimétallisme. (various references)

German		Bimetallismus, Bimetall (bimetal, bimetallic strip), Doppelwährung (double standard). (various references)

Greek		διμεταλλικό (bimetal, bimetallic strip). (various references)

Hungarian		arany- és ezüst alapon nyugvó. (various references)

Italian		bimetallismo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		複本位制 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふくほ�"いせい. (various references)

Korean		금은병행본위� �도. (various references)

Manx		daa-veainaghys. (various references)

Pig Latin		imetallismbay

Portuguese		bimetalismo. (various references)

Romanian		bimetalism. (various references)

Russian		биметаллизм. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bimetalnost. (various references)

Spanish		bimetalismo, bimetal (bimetal, bimetallic strip, clad material, composite material), aleación bimetálica (bimetal, bimetallic strip). (various references)

Swedish		bimetallism. (various references)

Turkish		para olarak altınla gümüşü oranlı kullanma sistemi. (various references)

Ukranian		біметалізм. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bimetallism": bimetallisms. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "bimetallism" (pronounced 'Bi*met"al*lism'): Anomalism, Asystolism, Bibliophilism, Bibliopolism, Bicyclism, Cabalism, Cephalism, Curialism, Diabolism, Embolism, Epipolism, Familism, Frivolism, Geomalism, Heterostylism, Hylism, Hyperbolism, Isocephalism, Monometallism, Nephalism, Noctambulism, Parabolism, Phallism, Polythelism, Populism, Psellism, Ptyalism, Sciolism, somnambulism, somnolism, Stimulism, Tantalism, Traulism, Zoilism. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-l-m-m-s-t"
	-2 letters: limitable.
	-3 letters: balmiest, bastille, bimetals, imitable, lambiest, libelist, limbiest, listable, malmiest, millimes, mislabel, sibilate, tallisim, timbales.
	-4 letters: albites, alibies, amities, astilbe, bailies, ballets, ballies, bastile, bestial, bialies, billets, billies, bimetal, blastie, elitism, embalms, illites, imbalms, laities, lambies, limbate, limiest, limites, mallets, melisma, millets, millime, misbill, mismate, mistime, semimat, stabile, stammel, stibial, tailles, tallies.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-l-m-m-s-t"
	+1 letter: bimetallisms.
	+2 letters: millilamberts.
	+3 letters: flammabilities.
	+5 letters: inflammabilities.
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