numéraire

See also: numeraire

English

Etymology

From French numéraire. Doublet of numerary.

Noun

numéraire (plural numéraires)

1. a basic standard by which values are measured

   Acting as the numéraire is one of the functions of money: to measure the worth of different goods and services relative to one another. "Numéraire goods" are goods with a fixed price of 1 used to facilitate calculations when only the relative prices are relevant ( Numeraire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin numerārius, from numerus (whence French nombre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.me.ʁɛʁ/

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Adjective

numéraire (plural numéraires)

1. (relational) cash, monetary
2. (poetry) pronounced, counted

   Antonym: muet (“silent”)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with numérique or numéral.

Related terms

• surnuméraire

Noun

numéraire m (plural numéraires)

1. cash, readies

   Synonym: espèces

   payer en numéraire ― to pay cash

Further reading

• “numéraire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.