Word Meanings - BIMETALLISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The legalized use of two metals in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism. Note: The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi . Littré.

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• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• OPPOSITIONIST
  One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
• COUNTRY SEAT
  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
• WORDSMAN
  One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell.
• MONOMETALLIC
  Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.
• FIXTURE
  Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person
• VALUE
  1. To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc. The mind doth value every moment. Bacon. The queen is valued thirty thousand strong. Shak. The king must
• MONOMETALLISM
  The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism.
• RELATIVELY
  In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts.
• MONOMPHALUS
  A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus.
• MONOMANIA
  Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement. Syn. -- Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See
• LEGALIZE
  To interpret or apply in a legal spirit. (more info) 1. To make legal.
• FIXING
  Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. (more info) 1. The act or process of making fixed. 2. That which is fixed; a fixture. 3. pl.
• CURRENCY
  currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of currere to run. See 1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; as, the currency of time. Ayliffe. 2. The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception;
• COUNTRY CLUB
  A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
• MONOMANIAC
  A person affected by monomania.
• COUNTRYSIDE
  A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore.
• FIXURE
  Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. Shak.
• FIXEDLY
  In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.
• MONOMYA; MONOMYARIA
  An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.
• PNEUMONOMETER
  A spirometer; a pneumometer.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.
• AFFIXION
  Affixture. T. Adams.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
• IRRELATIVE
  Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected. -- Ir*rel"a*tive*ly, adv. Irrelative chords , those having no common tone. -- Irrelative repetition , the multiplication of parts that serve for a common purpose, but have no mutual dependence
• CORRELATIVENESS
  Quality of being correlative.
• CONFIXURE
  Act of fastening.
• HOMONOMY
  The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.
• PREFIX
  prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, 1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. 2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle
• UNDERVALUE
  1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate. 2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. Atterbury. I write not this