money
n.
coins and paper notes which have value, currency; medium of trade; wealth
Money
n.
leading American financial magazine
Money
money
Noun
1. the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
(hypernym) medium of exchange, monetary system
(hyponym) appropriation
(part-holonym) money supply
2. wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate"
(hypernym) wealth
(hyponym) pile, bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money
3. the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs"
(hypernym) currency
(hyponym) sterling
Money
(v. t.)
To supply with money.
(n.)
In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.
(n.)
Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling.
(n.)
A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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{talk about the money economy} Portugal--
- Portugal--
- Barbuda--a coin with the denomination of three dinheiros struck by Fernando I of Portugal between 1367 - 1383.
- Bohemia--
- Bemish--A coin minted in Prague and worth approximately ½ of one English penny.
- France--
- Blanc--A small silver coin used during the 14th century
- Cadiere--billion coin struck by Charles VI of France
- Flanders and Brabant--
- Botdragers--silver coins, the name coming from the helmeted lion on one side, also called the ‘potcarrier’.
- Bryman--billon coinage equivilent to a double gros.