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     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.

  Cowrie \Cow"rie\ Cowry \Cow"ry\(kou"r[y^]), n.; pl. Cowries
     (-r[i^]z). [Hind. kaur[imac].] (Zo["o]l.)
     A marine shell of the genus Cypr[ae]a.
  
     Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental.
           Formerly C. moneta and several other species were
           largely used as money in Africa and some other
           countries, and they are still so used to some extent.
           The value is always trifling, and varies at different
           places.