Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

free silver

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: free sil-ver
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The free coinage of silver, often at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.

American usage; Uncountable

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Phrases

Free-Silverism free silverite

Questions

What does free silver mean?: The free coinage of silver, often at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.

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