n.
1) to establish, set a ~
2) to apply a ~
3) to adhere to, maintain a ~
4) to lower; raise ~s/ a ~ (to raise the ~ of living; to raise academic ~s)
5) to abandon a ~ (the gold ~ was abandoned)
6) a high; low ~
7) a double ~ (to apply a double ~)
8) the gold ~ (to go off the gold ~)
9) a living ~ (or: a ~ of living)
10) academic, scholastic ~s
11) on a ~ (on a gold ~)