"gold standard" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-gold standard.ogg [Australia] Forms: gold standards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gold standard (plural gold standards)
  1. (economics) A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold. Categories (topical): Economics, Gold Translations (monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold): urre-patroi (Basque), patró or [masculine] (Catalan), 金本位 (jīnběnwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), guldstandard (Danish), guldfod (Danish), gouden standaard (Dutch), kultakanta (Finnish), étalon-or [masculine] (French), Goldstandard [masculine] (German), aranystandard (Hungarian), aranyalap (Hungarian), gullfótur [masculine] (Icelandic), 금본위제 (geumbonwije) (alt: 金本位制) (Korean), piawai emas (Malay), gullstandard [masculine] (Norwegian), padrão-ouro [masculine] (Portuguese), estalão-ouro [masculine] (Portuguese), etalon de aur [neuter] (Romanian), золото́й станда́рт (zolotój standárt) [masculine] (Russian), patrón oro [masculine] (Spanish), guldmyntfot [common-gender] (Swedish), gintong pamantayan (Tagalog), bản vị vàng (Vietnamese), kim bản vị (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-gold_standard-en-noun-i3YOkPQa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Topics: economics, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold': 99 1
  2. (figurative) A test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal. Tags: figuratively Translations (test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal): mittatikku (Finnish), référence [feminine] (French), złoty standard [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-gold_standard-en-noun-QfEuNoPR Disambiguation of 'test or measure of comparison that is considered ultimate or ideal': 1 99

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