moneylessness

English

Etymology

From moneyless +‎ -ness.

Noun

moneylessness (uncountable)

1. Lack of money: poverty.

   Synonyms: pennilessness; impoverishment, penury; brokeness; see also Thesaurus:poverty

2. A (real or hypothetical) state in which economic activity happens without money as the medium of exchange.

   Some versions of utopian communism envisioned true moneylessness; others envisioned money and prices but under centrally planned control.

See also

• cashlessness