English Explanatory Dictionary

Bretton Woods

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An unincorporated community in the town of Carroll, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
  2. A fixed exchange rate system in which the dollar was convertible to gold and all other participating currencies were pegged to the dollar.

Word forms

Bretton Woods

Etymology

(economics): Formulated at a 1944 conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 布雷頓森林 /布雷顿森林 Finnish: Bretton Woods French: Bretton Woods
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