Topic 1: Purposes of Money

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Includes key terms for topic 1: The Purposes of Money
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acceptable Key feature of money: to widely be accepted
Barter to exchange goods and services with other goods and services without the use of money
Current account Bank or building society account where people can store their money in the form of electronic balances and withdraw to make payments
Denomination a group of coins and/or bank notes which all share the same face value
Divisible A key feature of money: to be easily divided into different amounts of different value
Double Coincidence of Once A situation in which two people have goods and services to trade and each wants what the other can offer
Durable A key Feature of Money: to be strong enough to be reused in many transactions
Face value the value marked on the face of a coin or note. e.g. 50p, £1 ,£5
fiduciary value value based on trust in the banking system
Homogeneous to look and feel the same as other coins and notes of the same denomination
Inflation a rise in prices = the purchasing power of money falls
Intrinsic value the value that an item has in itself .e.g. a bag of rice = staple food
Legal tender coins and banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of debt
a means of exchange a function of money: to allow people to make payments
Money anything widely accepted as a means of making payments
Payment Mechanism a means of transferring money from one account to another .e.g. debit card, cheque
Portable a feature of money: to be small and light enough to carry around easily
purchasing power the quantity of goods and services that money can buy
Rate of exchange How much an item is worth in term of a different item £1 = 1.5euros ; 1bag of flour=5iron-nails
Recognizable a key feature of money : to be easily identified as genuine money
Representational value the value that an item represents rather than the value the item has in itself; a banknote is just a piece of paper but it represents the value that is imprinted on it
Scarce but sufficient a key feature of money: to be available in sufficient quantities to meet peoples needs but not in such quantities that the value of money falls
Store of value an attribute of money that allows people to store money now and spend it later
transaction buying or selling something
unit of account a function of money: to allow people to compare prices and measure the value of money in a bank account, etc.

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