Dictionary entry

Bimetallism

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bi‐met″al‐lism (�), n. [F. bimétalisme.] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; — in opposition to monometallism.

☞ The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi. Littré.