store of value

British  

noun

1. economics the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired

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Example Sentences

Romhilt has been a skeptic of bitcoin as a store of value.

From MarketWatch

“As the cheaper, ‘poor man’s gold,’ silver has always been the monetary option of the masses, and in fact has historically circulated more as money, while gold has functioned more as a store of value,” said Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter.

From MarketWatch

That’s despite some investors viewing bitcoin as “digital gold” and a store of value, according to Ullal.

From MarketWatch

Shaw says bitcoin could be a non-productive store of value, but unlike gold, it tends to move with other financial assets rather than against them.

From MarketWatch

Enslaved Black people, therefore, proved crucial to many corners of the economy—as did their utility as a sure store of value and a source of credit, both locally in the South and through Northern banks, which thrived on this sort of finance.

From The Wall Street Journal