Meaning

• A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.

• A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.

  "Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa."

• A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).

  "money supply;  money market"

• Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

• The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.

• Wealth; a person, family or class that possesses wealth

  "He married money."

• An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.

• A person who funds an operation.