Both Uses
monetary
in
Fast Food Nation
(Auto-generated)
- The inability of the USDA to seek monetary damages from the meatpacking industry is highly unusual, given the federal government's power to use fines as a means of regulatory enforcement in the airline, automobile, mining, steel, and toy industries.†
p. 214.9
- Fearing the potential monetary costs, three of the activists reluctantly appeared in court and apologized to McDonald's.†
p. 246.3 *
Definitions:
-
(1)
(monetary) relating to or involving money
-
(2)
(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.