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Meaning and Functions of Money

ICSE · Class 10 · Economics

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A comparison showing the difficulties of a barter system (double coincidence of wants, storage issues) versus the ease of transactions with money as a medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of
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Barter System and Its Difficulties

  • In barter system, goods and services are exchanged directly for other goods and services.
  • Barter economy is called C-C economy, where C stands for commodity.
  • The barter system was used in the early stage of human civilisation.
2

Evolution of Money

  • Economists have identified five stages in the evolution of money.
  • The five stages are animal money, commodity money, metallic money, paper money, and bank money.
  • Animal money was used in the earliest period of human civilisation.
3

Meaning and Definitions of Money

  • The word money is derived from the Latin word Moneta.
  • Money is anything commonly accepted as a medium of exchange.
  • Money may be defined from legal, functional, and general acceptability points of view.
4

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 made of silver and is an example of full bodied money.
  • Fiat money is government issued currency with no intrinsic value.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Money as a medium of exchange and a core tool of economic life

Barter systemDifficulties of barterEvolution of moneyDefinitions of moneyForms of moneyFeatures of moneyFunctions of moneyModern forms of money

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