# Money
Money is any item or verifiable record that is accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts and payment of national obligations, such as taxes, in a particular jurisdiction. Money is issued by a [central banks](central-banks.md). 

The United States dollar is an example of money.

Money is a social technology whose efficacy is based on both its universal acceptance in an economic region and the money's coherence to three properties:

* **Medium of Exchange** - 
* **Unit of Account** -
* **Store of Value** -

## Qualities

The qualifies of a currency representing money are defined by coherent to three properties:

* Durability
* Portability
* Divisibility
* Uniformity
* Limited supply
* Acceptability