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

Instead of weighing precious metals to use as currency or arguing over the value of bartered goods to trade, merchants could use coins as a simple medium of exchange.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

Cotton was both needed and easily stored, which made it useful as a medium of exchange or status.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann