Used Occasionally. sublimation is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
monetary unit. one of the units of CURRENCY used in a country as the basis of payments and lending and borrowing transactions. The units of currency used in the UK, for example, are pounds and pence, while in the USA they are the dollar and cent.
8. (Economics) the commodity or commodities in which is stated the value of a basic monetary unit: the gold standard. 9. (Units) an authorized model of a unit of measure or weight. 10. (Units) a unit of board measure equal to 1980 board feet.