money
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Summary
money is a legal fiction[1]. money draws 21,138 Wikipedia views per month (legal fiction category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: medium of exchange[3]
- Named after: groschen[4]
- Subclass of: legal tender[5], nominal good[6], standard of deferred payment[7], financial instrument[8]
- Has use: payment[9], trade[10], purchasing[11], exchange of goods[12]
- Commons category: Money[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Money[14]
- Commons gallery: Money[15]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[22], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[23], New International Encyclopedia[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26], Meyer’s Universum, Elfter Band[27], Pauly–Wissowa[28], Q141629078[29]
- Main Wikidata property: P2232[30]
- Different from: Geld[31], Piepen[32], Money[33], The money[34], currency[35]
- History of topic: history of money[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[37], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for money include Kazakhstani tenge[39], a currency[40], in Kazakhstan[41]; Albanian lek[42], a currency[43], in Albania[44]; M-Pesa[45], an online wallet[46]; Scrooge McDuck and Money[47], an animated short film[48], directed by Hamilton Luske[49]; and Aircash[50], an organization[51], in Croatia[52], founded in 2015[53].
Why It Matters
money has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] money is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for money include Kazakhstani tenge[39], a currency[40], in Kazakhstan[41]; Albanian lek[42], a currency[43], in Albania[44]; M-Pesa[45], an online wallet[46]; Scrooge McDuck and Money[47], an animated short film[48], directed by Hamilton Luske[49]; and Aircash[50], an organization[51], in Croatia[52], founded in 2015[53].