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money economy

American  
[muhn-ee-i-kahn-uh-mee] / ˈmʌn i ɪˌkɑn ə mi /

noun

money economies plural
  1. an economy in which goods and services are purchased with money rather than by an exchange in kind.


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The tourism drought has depressed demand for local goods, affecting growers, herders and everyone else in the money economy — which has by now absorbed all of Khumbu.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2021

They operated largely outside of a money economy.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2016

The real problem is we are trying to control a modern fiat money economy with outdated gold standard mechanisms.

From Economist • Nov. 26, 2013

What is fascinating is how we fail to connect the real economy with the money economy.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2012

In a money economy those who have cash use it to pay their bills or settle their accounts.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott

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