numéraire

== English == === Etymology === From French numéraire. Doublet of numerary. === Noun === numéraire (plural numéraires) a basic standard by which values are measured Acting as the numéraire is one of the functions of money: to measure the worth of different goods and services relative to one another. "Numéraire goods" are goods with a fixed price of 1 used to facilitate calculations when only the relative prices are relevant ( Numeraire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin numerārius, from numerus (whence French nombre). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ny.me.ʁɛʁ/ === Adjective === numéraire (plural numéraires) (relational) cash, monetary (poetry) pronounced, counted Antonym: muet (“silent”) ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with numérique or numéral. ==== Related terms ==== surnuméraire === Noun === numéraire m (plural numéraires) cash, readies Synonym: espèces payer en numéraire ― to pay cash === Further reading === “numéraire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012