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貨幣 Any generally accepted medium of exchange for goods, services and the payment of debts. Examples are coins, banknotes, bills of exchange, promissory notes and claims on bank deposits. Money confers complete liquidity on its holder. It serves as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, a standard for deferred payments, a store of value, and a commodity whose worth depends upon its resale value. See also Cheque; Currency; Legal tender.
Banking and finance - That which passes freely from hand to hand throughout the community in final discharge of debts and full payment for commodities, being accepted equally without reference to the character or credit of the person who offers it and without the intention of the person who receives it to consume it or apply it to any other use than in turn to tender it to others in discharge of debts or payment for commodities: Moss v Hancock [1899] 2 QB 111. In its strict legal sense it includes money in a deposit account at a bank: Re Collings [1933] Ch 920. See also Credit; Good faith.
指為一般人所接受的藉以換取貨品、服務、債務償還之媒介。舉例，硬幣；紙幣；匯票；承付票及銀行存款申索等。貨幣賦予持有人完全的流動性。它是交易媒介，價值的量度，延遲繳付的標準，價值儲存，及等值取決於其再售價值的商品。另見 Cheque; Currency; Legal tender。
銀行與金融 - 為最後解除債務及全數支付商品，而在整個社區內自由地由一個人的手上轉到另一人的手上的，它不理提供者的身份或信用而同等地被接受，除反過來付給別人作債務解除或商品支付外，它不無需接受的人有計劃會消耗用盡它，或作任何其他方面的使用：Moss v Hancock [1899] 2 QB 111。在法律上嚴格來說，它包括銀行戶口內的存款：Re Collings [1933] Ch 920。另見 Credit; Good faith。n. |