money

1. The most common medium of exchange;
   Functions as legal tender (synset 113405730)
   "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
   is a type of: medium of exchange, monetary system - anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region
   subtypes:

   • appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
   • fund, monetary fund - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
   • boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum - informal terms for money
   • shinplaster - paper money of little value issued on insufficient security
   • subsidisation, subsidization - money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy
   • token money - coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value
   is a part of: money supply - the total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks
2. Wealth reckoned in terms of money (synset 113271441)
   "all his money is in real estate"
   is a type of: wealth - property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value
   subtypes: big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks, pile - a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
3. The official currency issued by a government or national bank (synset 113406050)
   "he changed his money into francs"
   is a type of: currency - the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
   subtypes: sterling - British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK

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