GRESHAM'S LAW


Meaning of GRESHAM'S LAW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgre-shəmz- ]

noun

Etymology: Sir Thomas Gresham

Date: 1858

: an observation in economics: when two coins are equal in debt-paying value but unequal in intrinsic value, the one having the lesser intrinsic value tends to remain in circulation and the other to be hoarded or exported as bullion ; broadly : any process by which inferior products or practices drive out superior ones

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