money of account
noun[C,usually singular]
FINANCEukusthemoneyused inbusinessin aparticularplacefor aparticularactivity:
Themoneyofaccountis notnecessarilylinkedtoactualcurrency.
Examplesofmoney of account
money of account
The silver maravedmoneyofaccountrepresented (according to one interpretation) about 22 g of silver in 1258.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The gold maraved had disappeared as amoneyofaccountby 1300.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only the denier was an actual coin; the others weremoneyofaccount, used only for accounting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This allowed the government to manipulate the values of its coins in terms ofmoneyofaccountas a tool for fiscal policy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both these banks established a stablemoneyofaccount.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its value inmoneyofaccountwas one livre tournois, just like the "franc cheval", and this coin is universally known as a "franc pied".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name remained in use thereafter solely as amoneyofaccount, divided into 24 "keratia".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its value was set as one livre tournois (amoneyofaccount).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead he proposed to create two different types of money, amoneyofaccountand a minted money of coinage.
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I never regarded it in that light: it seems a sensible development that takes forward the fact that the ecu has already become an establishedmoneyofaccount.
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