trimetallicadj.
/trʌɪmɪˈtalɪk/ Pertaining to or using three metals as currency.
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bimetallic1876
monometallic1877
silver1879
monometallist1886
trimetallic1887
bimetallistic1889
symmetallic1895
off-gold1935
single currency1952
1887 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 812 The metal coinage system of the world is not..‘mono-metallic’, nor ‘bi-metallic’, but ‘trimetallic’.
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triˈmetallism n. the use of a triple standard of currency.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > currency systems and policies
decimal currency1824
bimetallism1876
monometallism1878
free silver1889
polymetallism1890
silverism1895
symmetallism1895
trimetallism1897
managed currency1898
single currency1900
compensated dollar1912
commodity dollar1918
soft currency1940
1897 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 2/3 Here is a correspondent in the Times..who asks, ‘Why not Trimetallism?’
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adj.1887