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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue. {Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also {money changer}. {Money cowrie} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of {Cypr[ae]a} (esp. {C. moneta}) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}. {Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may or may not be an equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin. {Money order}, an order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called also {postal money order}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cypraea \Cy*pr[ae]"a\ (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf Gr ???? a name of Venus.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See {Cowrie}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Cypraea n : type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries [syn: {Cypraea}, {genus Cypraea}]
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