Search Result for "gold standard":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold;

2. a paragon of excellence;
- Example: "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gold standard n 1: a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold 2: a paragon of excellence; "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged"