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Mondays
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monetarism
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monetary base
mon·e·tar·y base (plural mon·e·tar·y bas·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
total amount of notes and coins: the total amount of cash in use or in banks in an economy, usually the physical quantity of bills and coins
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