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UNIT ACCOUNT [1 record]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

[A] theoretical currency used to establish prices in certain business and international transactions.

CONT

Money, as a unit of account, enables us to express the exchange value of commodities and services by their prices.

OBS

[A unit of account is] used as a concept rather than an actual type of currency.

OBS

unit of account: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

unit of account: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Monnaie idéale pour fixer le prix des transactions commerciales et internationales. Son existence est limitée au concept.

CONT

La monnaie fournit une unité de compte indispensable au fonctionnement de l'économie pour comparer entre elles les valeurs des différents biens et services.

OBS

unité de compte : définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

unité de compte : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Moneda ideal que sirve para fijar los precios en algunas transacciones comerciales e internacionales. No existe en la realidad más que como concepto.

OBS

Definición extraída del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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