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.
⇒ The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [1869]. Littré.
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