Both Uses of
monetary
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- The victim also has the chance to receive answers to any lingering questions about the crime, and to be directly involved in trying to develop a plan for the offender to pay back a debt if possible—emotional or monetary.†
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- Therefore, when balancing the religious rights of inmates against the compelling governmental interest of the state, this court is mindful of more than just the monetary cost, or even the security cost to other inmates.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(monetary) relating to or involving money
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less common in literature, but commonly in financial news, monetary can relate to a nation's money supply. Monetary policy is set to try to influence inflation and unemployment levels.