But even with this easy-to-grasp ordering the impression is one of irrepressible, boundary-crossing diversity and invention, of visual motifs borrowed, exchanged, adapted, transformed.
Today's financial intermediaries also perform eight important functions in business and society: authenticating identity and reputation, moving value, storing value, lending and borrowing, exchanging value, funding and investing, insurance and risk management, and audit and tax.
The data reveals how much money students are borrowing in exchange for earnings after graduation.
Borrowing or exchanging clothes is a great way to spice up your wardrobe for free!
A deal reached earlier this month to raise the amount the government can borrow, in exchange for spending cuts of at least $2.1 trillion, would not reduce the debt to a level most economists consider sustainable, and the political brinksmanship preceding the deal led Standard & Poor's to remove long-term Treasury securities from its list of risk-free investments.
They are convenient for those who need up to thousands of dollars at a given time, but cannot supply the money on their own immediately; a loan is a commitment to eventually repay what you borrow in exchange for a lot of money in advance.
Such measures included open market interventions on foreign exchange, borrowing in foreign currencies rather than in pounds sterling to finance war activities, outbound capital controls, and limited import restrictions.
He also borrows the "exchanging of the peace", regularly asking us to turn left and right, look our neighbour in the eye and shake hands, saying things like "You have greatness in you".
Swap agreements, like those reached this month among China, Japan and South Korea, allow central banks to borrow additional foreign exchange to fight slumps in their own currencies.
In exchange for borrowing money, you accepted and signed a legal document that laid out the precise terms and conditions of the loan in black and white.
