gold standard

noun

a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.

gold standard

noun

a monetary system in which the unit of currency is defined with reference to gold
the supreme example of something against which others are judged or measured
the current gold standard for breast cancer detection

gold standard

A system in which a nation's currency has a value measured in gold and can be exchanged for gold. Most nations, including the United States, went off the gold standard in the 1930s.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gold standard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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The gold standard of biodiversity research, the structured survey, is designed with rigor and may be limited to a specific time and place.

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But the apex, the gold standard, was always cornbread.

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If those institutions can no longer trust what was once the gold standard for information about their present or future customers, how can it be used at all?

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"It became evident to me that this was the gold standard for festivals wherever you are in the world, even on the tip of Africa," he says.

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"Signal is open source, so our code is regularly scrutinized in addition to regular formal audits," the statement said, calling the app "the gold standard for private, secure communications".

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