NOUN
- a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold
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a paragon of excellence
academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged
How To Use gold standard In A Sentence
- The currency was tied to the gold standard.
- The end of the depression in 1878 and the government's resumption of specie payments (the gold standard) in 1879 had sapped the party's fortunes.
- From the 1870s through World War I, most European and Latin American nations as well as Japan and the United States abandoned bimetallic standards, which based currencies on both gold and silver, and embraced the gold standard.
- The results show a huge boost in the gold standard. Times, Sunday Times
- Apparently, a report commissioned by LC recommends sweeping changes in cataloging procedures, including redefining the "gold standard of quality service" to mean "fast turnaround and delivery of library materials to users ... not the fullness of catalog data. Bad News From the Lilbrary of Congress
- Agates, the gold standard of marbles (called aggies), came in a rainbow of subtle colors with overlaying colored patterns that made them look like beautiful, semi-precious stones.
- First, when Hatch referred to the ABA approval as the ‘gold standard,’ he was directly quoting Chuck Schumer and ribbing him.
- The GFT505-210-6 study is based on the gold standard " hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp", with two levels of insulin and using a deuterated tracer to measure hepatic glucose production. Reuters: Press Release
- One of the most persuasive arguments against reintroducing the classical gold standard is the fact that we are now no longer on it.
- Throughout its long history there have been lots of silver coins and denominations, adoption of the gold standard and numerous attempts at monetary union. Times, Sunday Times