unit of account

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unit of account

1. (Economics) Economics the function of money that enables the user to keep accounts, value transactions, etc.

2. (Economics) a monetary denomination used for accounting purposes, etc., but not necessarily corresponding to any real currency the ECU is the unit of account of the European Monetary Fund Also called (esp US and Canadian) money of account

3. (Economics) the unit of currency of a country

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