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Revision as of 14:33, 27 August 2020
1.
A monetary agreement under which national currencies were backed by gold, and gold was used for international payments.
Most countries abandoned the gold standard for their currencies during the 20th century.
2.
An example of something that is very good that is used as a measure of how good other things are.
