monetize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

monetize
    v 1: give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a
         country; "They monetized the lira" [syn: {monetize},
         {monetise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Monetize \Mon"e*tize\, v. t.
   To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to
   monetize silver.
   [1913 Webster]

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