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Gold Standard

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Noun

1. gold standard

a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold

2. gold standard

a paragon of excellence

Example Sentences:
'academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gold Standard

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noun
1. 
a monetary system in which the unit of currency is defined with reference to gold
2. 
the supreme example of something against which others are judged or measured
the current gold standard for breast cancer detection

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Gold Standard

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a monetary standard solely in terms of gold, in which the basic currency unit is made equal to and redeemable by a specified quantity of gold

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gold Standard

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n.
1. A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is equal in value to and exchangeable for a specified amount of gold.
2. A model of excellence; a paragon: "Several generations of the laser have been widely available in Europe; the FDA approved the one now considered the gold standard" (Daniel Goleman).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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