Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc
Monies is used to refer to several separate sums of money that form part of a larger amount that is received or spent. We drew up a schedule of payments for the rest of the monies owed. see also blood money, pocket money
any item that serves as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a unit of account
wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate" the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs
money is the standard object used in exchanging goods and services In short, money is the medium of exchange
The cash deposit (including initial and additional deposits) paid by the prospective buyer of real property as evidence of his good faith intention to complete the transaction; called hand money or a binder in some states
Anything generally acceptable in exchange Money serves a number of functions: it is a medium of exchange, it is used as a unit of account, and it can be used as a store of value In its latter use, it is an alternative to holding value in the form of goods or other types of financial assets such as stocks or bonds
The official currency, coins, and negotiable instruments issued by a government It is a commodity such as gold or silver that is legally established as an exchangeable equivalent of all other commodities and is used as a measure of their comparative values on the market (Also see the definition of cash and currency )