COIN OF THE REALM


Meaning of COIN OF THE REALM in English

1816

1 : the legal money of a country

2 : something valued or used as if it were money in a particular sphere <information is the coin of the realm in the capital ― Eloise Salholz et al. >

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.