In Order for Currency to Be Widely Used as a Medium

question 188

True/False

In order for currency to be widely used as a medium of exchange, it is sufficient for the government to designate it as legal tender.

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Definitions:

Fair Market Price

The price of a good or service that is agreed upon by both buyer and seller, under conditions where both have reasonable knowledge of the pertinent facts and neither is under compulsion to transact.

Financial Loss

The decrease in monetary value resulting from an event, transaction, or series of transactions.

Greenmail

A strategy used to shake off a bidder’s hostile suit by offering to buy, at significantly higher cost, the portion of stock already owned by the bidder who is trying to take over the company.

Valuable Piece

An item considered to have significant monetary or sentimental worth.