standard
- noun
- /ˈstændərd/
- Specialized
- When this country went off the gold standard--
- gold standard
- silver standard
- monetary standard
let's say we're on a Bitcoin standard and
- let's say we're on a Bitcoin standard and
- Economist, big fan of the Bitcoin standard, real currency.
- Like this gold standard is ridiculous because it doesn't exist.
- Central bank is the top gold standard, a sense using the word gold, but it's the top Ledger.
Examples
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We do not have a "gold standard" review method that we can assume is highly valid.
Academic text (2012) -
Countries still on the gold standard saw their exports stagnate and experienced rapidly rising unemployment.
Academic text (2012) -
In that year, Richard Nixon took the United States off the gold standard.
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We feel that a CT of the neck is the gold standard for diagnosis.
Academic text (2004) -
We have seen that the only stable worldwide international monetary system, the gold standard, was not planned.
Academic text (1990) -
He severed United States' currency from the gold standard.
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APHIS had already used the "gold standard" diagnostic immunohistochemistry test, which was originally developed by ARS.
Academic text (2004) -
We continue to advocate microlaryngoscopy under general anesthesia as the gold standard for the removal or biopsy of glottic lesions.
Academic text (2004) -
However, policymakers are looking for Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT), the gold standard of research, requiring random sampling and clinical trials.
Academic text (2015) -
The country's economic stability was partly due to its adherence to the gold standard.
Synonyms
A system where people can exchange a country's money for gold
A system that decides what a country's money is worth
A money system where coins are worth a set amount of silver
An agreed unit used to measure and compare things
Compounds
An unfair rule that treats similar people differently and gives one group more advantages
- Formal
A set of steps people follow the same way every time to do a task safely and correctly
- Specialized
A number that shows how much values in a set vary from the average
The standard time for the eastern United States, five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
Time zone used in central United States that is six hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
The standard time used on the west coast of the United States and Canada, 8 hours behind GMT
- Specialized
A rule made by an official group that tells how to record money in company accounts
A time zone seven hours behind Greenwich Mean Time used in US and Canadian mountain states
- Specialized
A standard measure of how bright a light is, originally based on a candle
A large intelligent dog with curly fur often kept as a pet and used in dog shows
- Specialized
The usual air pressure at sea level used for checking and calibrating instruments
- Specialized
The distance between the inside edges of two rails used by most railways
A way of changing gears in a car by using a gear lever and a clutch pedal
- Archaic
Time that is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and used in parts of the Pacific
A rule that lets men have more freedom about sex than women and judges them more harshly
The time used in most of Alaska that is nine hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
A code using seven bits to represent letters, numbers, and simple control characters so computers can share text
An English translation of the Bible based on the King James Version first published in the United States in 1901
- Specialized
A way of speaking that differs from the usual form used by local native adults
- Specialized
A measure of how far actual values usually are from predicted values
- Specialized
A collection of data made automatically with imperfect labels used instead of a high-quality one
- Specialized
A person standing facing forward with arms at sides and palms forward, used as a reference for describing the body
- Specialized
A number that shows how a group of stocks is doing in the market
- Specialized
The pressure at sea level used as a reference equal to a 760 mm column of mercury at zero Celsius
- Specialized
A system that uses tags to show a document's parts and format
- Specialized
A temperature of exactly zero degrees Celsius that scientists use as a reference
How Backed
- Specialized
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Standard in money, as in the 'gold standard', means the thing that money is fixed to, the 'standing' base like gold that gives value. So, a standard is the measure or thing on which a currency is based.