Token money; compensatory allowance; military service redundancy payment

A means of payment that circulated for a certain period of time instead of central bank money, usually within certain geographical limits, especially in times of need: Today, it refers to a levy that polluters have to pay to compensate for environmental damage. The nature conservation provisions of German states and individual municipalities contain very detailed regulations regarding the assessment base and the amount of the payment. – In the past, an amount that had to be raised to recruit a substitute (replacement man) for military service. – See makeshift money, dispensational money, railroad money, substitute coins, money burger, army money, sustainability, numismatics, obsidional coins, Pigou tax.

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