noun /ˈmʌni,ˈmʌn.i/|[mʌn̩iː/
a) 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.
Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
b) A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
He was born with money.
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