to monetize
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- verb
- /ˈmʌnɪˌtaɪz/
- Specialized
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- The government plans to monetize the new currency to stabilize the economy.
- monetizing the debt
Examples
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The Federal Reserve will be forced to monetize today's mountain of debt.
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But then people will realize that the government cannot repay the debt without monetizing it.
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However, there are some serious challenges with trying to monetize this asset.
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When that happens, we will either monetize that debt or default on it.
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The Fed will therefore monetize roughly half of the U.S. budget deficit in 2013.
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Unless the Federal Government monetizes the debt and nationalizes these banks.
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The only way in which the debt will be monetized is if the political process hijacks independent monetary policymaking.
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USA can't sustain its debt issuing at these rates unless the FED monetizes its debt or raises interest rates.
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The creditors called on the debtor to monetize the artwork, such as by using it as collateral to refinance its obligations.
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Since attendant economic difficulties had typically abridged the government's revenue-generating abilities, the deficits would be monetized.
Academic text (1998)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monetize comes from the old Latin word moneta, the place where Romans made coins and the source of the English word money, and the ending -ize means 'make'. So to monetize a coin or currency is to 'make' it official money.