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noun - 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 , currency could be exchanged at a bank for a fixed weight of gold.
- (idiom) A test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal.
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