commodity money

基本解释

How was the world supply of commodity money shared among nations?
各国间是怎样分配商品货币的世界供应量的呢？
For all its disadvantages, commodity money (gold) was at least tethered to reality by a real cost of production.
实物货币（黄金）尽管有许多不利之处，但其价值毕竟受到实际生产成本的牵系。
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The money has gone through three stages in the course of developing: commodity money, paper money and electronic money.
货币在发展过程中经历了三个阶段：商品货币、纸张货币和电子货币。

Because the most valuable commodity in any White House isn't the money it's the president's time.
因为在白宫最珍贵的,不是金钱,而是总统的时间。
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Thus, during the era of commodity money in England, lenders were willing to float bonds (consols) without any redemption dates, and interest rates remained relatively low and stable.
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Not a commodity, money is merely a measuring stick that facilitates the real exchange of wealth.
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The commodity used as money should not lose value when it is bought and sold.
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