Best practices are used to maintain quality as an alternative to mandatory legislated standards and can be based on self-assessment or benchmarking. Best practice is a feature of accredited management standards such as ISO 9000 and ISO 14001.
Definition of monetary for English Language Learners. : 1  of or relating to money. : 2  of or relating to the money in a country's economy.
In some communities, cash is considered too impersonal for a wedding gift, so most people give thing gifts. Where I live, people give either money or thing gifts for wedding gifts (usually sent to the home), and smaller gifts for showers.