Answer:
C) transfer dollars, and therefore purchasing power, into the future.
Step-by-step explanation:
Money has four basic functions:
- unit of account
- store of value
- medium of exchange and finally
- standard of deferred payment
Money must be able to perform all 4 functions in order to be considered fiat money or currency money. In order to understand the importance of money being a store of value, you have to compare it to other forms of money that do not serve as a store of value.
For example, commodity money used in barter (e.g. animals, food or other goods) have a tendency to decay, malfunction or rot. If we had to use commodity money, we wouldn't be able to save any money, or our savings would be limited to very few objects.