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    Mon·ey
    /ˈmənē/

    noun

  2. Money is anything that serves as a medium of exchange. Other functions of money are to serve as a unit of account and as a store of value. Money may or may not have intrinsic value. Commodity money has intrinsic value because it has other uses besides being a medium of exchange.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MoneyMoney - Wikipedia

    Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context. The primary functions which distinguish money are: medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value and sometimes, a standard of deferred payment.

  4. www.thebalancemoney.com › what-is-money-and-how-it-works-4160957What Is Money? - The Balance

    Nov 15, 2021 · Money is anything that acts as a store of value and a medium of exchange; it only has value because people agree that it does. Because money is based on an agreement, the actual currency can be any sort of physical item, or it could be entirely electronic.

  5. Dec 15, 2021 · Money is a medium of exchange, or “widely accepted as a method of payment.” How Did Money Develop? ©Rudzhan Nagiev/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Money has evolved, Wolla explained. He outlined three stages and types of money.

  6. Key Terms. Key Takeaway: the three functions of money. Money is just one of many types of assets. What makes money different from other assets is its ability to do more than just store value. Most importantly, for an asset to be considered money, it must be accepted as a form of payment.

  7. money, Commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which prices and values are expressed, and it circulates from person to person and country to country, thus facilitating trade.

  8. Oct 26, 1996 · What is money? By definition, it's something of value. But over the last 10,000 years, the material form that money has taken has changed considerably—from cattle and cowrie shells to...

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