Bretton Woods

Meaning

Proper Noun

(unincorporated) area in town, Carroll New Hampshire (state).
A fixed exchange rate system in which the dollar was convertible to gold and all other participating currencies were pegged to the dollar.

Origin

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

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