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n. - Ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country.

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  • If our demonetization were the only cause for the decline in the value of silver, then remonetization would be its proper and effectual cure.
  • I feared another demonetization of the "bad guys."
  • The history of gold demonetization is full of instruction and is here given in detail.
  • And with this the people began to get at the true reason -- the general demonetization by so many nations.
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