(US, economics, historical) The free coinage of silver, often at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market va
(US, economics, historical) The free coinage of silver, often at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.
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(US, economics, historical) An advocate of the free silver movement.
(historical) Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account, particularly.
(figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
(economics) Money backed by specie and easily convertible into foreign currencies.