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numéraire

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From French numéraire. Doublet of numerary.

noun numéraires · numeraire

A basic standard by which values are measured. The role of the numeraire currency makes its position asymmetrical with respect to other currencies, because to fix the price of other currencies in terms of the numeraire requires using the numeraire currency as a medium of intervention, vehicle of transactions, and store of value.

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Français	numéraire
Deutsch	Standardgut

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@misc{nume_raire_2026,
  title = {numéraire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/num%C3%A9raire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}