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金地金本位制度 (きんじきんほんいせいど) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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Meanings

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noun

gold bullion standard

A monetary system where the currency is backed by gold bullion rather than gold coins. Technical term in economics and financial history.

金きん地じ金きん本ほん位い制せい度どは、金きん貨か本ほん位い制せい度どとは異ことなり、実じっ際さいの金きん貨かの流りゅう通つうを前ぜん提ていとしない。
The gold bullion standard, unlike the gold coin standard, does not assume the circulation of actual gold coins.

Written forms

金地金本位制度
- きんじきんほんいせいど
  Standard kanji form for this economic term.
- きんじがねほんいせいど
きんじがねほんいせいど

Kanji

金gold
地ground, earth
本book, present, main
位rank, grade, throne
制system, law, rule
度degrees, occurrence, time

Similar words

金きん本ほん位い制せい度ど
金本位制度 is the broader gold standard, which includes both gold coin and gold bullion standards. 金地金本位制度 specifically refers to the bullion variant.
金きん貨か本ほん位い制せい度ど
金貨本位制度 is the gold coin standard, where gold coins circulate as currency. 金地金本位制度 uses bullion as backing without coin circulation.

Etymology

Compound of 金地金 (gold bullion) + 本位制度 (standard system). The term is a direct calque from English 'gold bullion standard'.