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Option 3 : 1, 2 and 3
The correct answer is Option 3.
- Money can be defined as anything that is generally accepted by the people of a society or territory for the payment of goods and services bought or for the payment of debts.
- Money performs a great deal of functions. Some of the most common functions of money include the following:
- Money is a medium of exchange.
- Money is a measuring tool.
- A standard for deferred payment.
- Money makes it possible for us to save now for future use.
- In order for something to qualify as money, then it should have the following qualities or features:
- Divisibility: Money must be able to be easily divided into smaller units or denominations in order for one to be able to use to carry out even the smallest of transactions.
- Portability: By being portable, money must be able to be easily carried by a person from one place to another.
- Acceptability: Money must be something that is generally accepted by all the people of a particular area, region, country or territory.
- Scarcity: Money should not be too scarce but limited in supply.
- Stability: Anything being used as money should have its value being able to enjoy a reasonable stability over long periods of time else people are going to reject it.
- Difficult to imitate: Any material that is used as money should be very difficult to imitate.
- Standardized unit: Money should have a standardized unit:This means that the various units of money must be homogeneous.
- Hence Option 3 is correct.
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