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Meaning and Functions of Money

ICSE · Class 10 · Economic Application

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Barter System and Its Difficulties

  • Barter system means direct exchange of goods for goods or services for services.
  • The barter economy is also called C-C economy, where C stands for commodity.
  • Double coincidence of wants means the simultaneous fulfilment of mutual wants by buyers and sellers.
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Evolution of Money

  • Money has evolved through five stages: animal money, commodity money, metallic money, paper money, and bank money.
  • Animal money was used in the earliest stage of human civilisation.
  • In ancient India, Go-Dhan or cow wealth was accepted as a form of money according to Arthaveda.
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Meaning and Definitions of Money

  • Money is a thing which is commonly accepted as a medium of exchange.
  • Money is any good that is widely used and accepted in making transactions.
  • The word money comes from Moneta, the surname of the Roman Goddess Juno.
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Forms of Money

  • Full bodied money is money whose value as a commodity is equal to its value as money.
  • A rupee coin during the British period in India was an example of full bodied money.
  • Fiat money is government issued currency which has no intrinsic value.

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Barter system is the direct exchangeThis means the simultaneous fulfilmentMoney passed through five stagesMoney is a thing commonly acceptedMoney is anything that performs four

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