Definition of Bimetalism
Bimetallism, the employment of two metals (gold and silver) in the
currency of a country as legal tender at a fixed relative value, the
ratio usually proposed being 1 to 15½.
- Wikipedia
Bi*met"al*lism (&?;), n. [F.
bimétalisme.] The legalized use of two metals (as gold
and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in
opposition to monometallism.
&fist; The words bimétallisme and
monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [1869].
Littré.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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