medium of exchange

Noun
Synonyms: monetary system

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Noun (1)

  1. anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or regionSynonyms: monetary systemType of standard, criterionKinds money, currency, tender
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Medium of exchange

that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities — money or current representatives of money.

From the entry Medium.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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