medium of exchange
Example Sentences
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Marketplaces of all kinds require rules, confidence, and common medium of exchange.
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2025
Metal coins may be just about the oldest medium of exchange still in use today, but ensuring their worth requires some of the most state-of-the-art technology available.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2024
It is frequently mentioned as a measure and medium of exchange in Icelandic legal texts, as well as sales accounts, church inventories and farm registers, from the 1100s into the 17th century.
From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2022
Terra was “designed as a medium of exchange, not an investment,” a Terraform Labs spokesperson said in an email statement.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
Cotton was both needed and easily stored, which made it useful as a medium of exchange or status.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
