Bretton Woods

English

Etymology

(economics): Formulated at a 1944 conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.

Proper noun

Bretton Woods

  1. An unincorporated community in the town of Carroll, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
  2. (economics) A fixed exchange rate system in which the dollar was convertible to gold and all other participating currencies were pegged to the dollar.

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