English Explanatory Dictionary

free silver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The free coinage of silver, often at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.

Word forms

free silver

Derived words

Free-Silverism free silverite
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