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Money
Anything widely accepted in payment. It does three jobs: a medium of exchange (you can buy things with it), a unit of account (prices are quoted in it) and a store of value (it keeps its worth until you spend it).
Also called: functions of money, medium of exchange, unit of account, store of value
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