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Before two people can trade - one must want exactly what the other has to offer, when and where it is offered, so that the exchange can occur. A medium of exchange permits the value of goods to be assessed and rendered in terms of the intermediary.

Money is the common Medium of Exchange and its most important and essential function is that it is a "measure of value".

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