Money Definition
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English
Coins and banknotes – the two most common physical forms of money.Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmʌni/, SAMPA: /"mVni/
- IPA: [ˈmʌn.i], [mʌn̩iː]
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- Hyphenation: mon‧ey
Etymology
From Middle English moneie, moneye, from Old French moneie (“money”), from Latin monēta, from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. Displaced native Middle English schat (“money, treasure”) (from Old English sceatt (“money, treasure, coin”)), Middle English feoh (“money, property”) (from Old English feoh (“money, property, cattle”)).
Noun
Wikipedia has an article on: MoneyWikipedia money (usually uncountable; plural moneys or monies)
- A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.
- A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
- Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
- A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
- Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
- The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
- Wealth
- He was born with money.
- An item of value between two parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
- A person who funds an operation.
- (as a modifier) Of or pertaining to money; monetary.
- money supply, money market
Synonyms
- beer tickets, bread, bucks, cake, cash, cheddar, coin, cream, dinars, dosh, dough, ends, folding stuff, geld, gelt, greenbacks, jack, legal tender, lolly, moolah, lucre, paper, pennies, readies, sheets, shrapnel, spends, spondulicks, sterling, wonga
- (generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value):
- (currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value):
- (hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins):
- See also Wikisaurus:money
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Terms derived from money
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External links
- money in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- money in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- money at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past, a standard of deferred payment. Any kind of object or secure verifiable record that fulfills these functions can serve as money.
Money is commonly defined by the functions attached to any good or token that functions in trade as a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account, although economics offers various definitions.
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