]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Free_MonetaryCost</a> is the zero <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a> of something that is basically free, that is, something bought, or available, for nothing - without payment of money. See also the function <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyz3xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeThingOfTypeFn</a>. no-cost Free-MonetaryCost gratisest more complimentary no costest no coster freer complimentary no cost gratiser freest no-coster gratis no-costest free most complimentary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Free_MonetaryCost</a> is the zero <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a> of something that is basically free, that is, something bought, or available, for nothing - without payment of money. See also the function <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyz3xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeThingOfTypeFn</a>. no-cost Free-MonetaryCost A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ScalarInterval</a>. Each instance of this collection is a value by means of which payments, wealth, capital, assets, etc., are measured. Each instance of this collection is thus an abstract object, not to be confused with the physical objects used as legal tender. For those, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMQpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Currency</a>, though it is worth noting that each coin, bill, etc. that is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMQpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Currency</a>, is typically _stably associated with_ some particular instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a>. <p/> Nor is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> to be confused with the many and varied social practices (such as a backed claim for a certain amount of physical wealth payable by the government on demand), which create money qua social institution and underpin all financial transactions. For that, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnPC0bnf6EdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">Money_DevisedPractice</a>. <p/> Since instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> are not pure numbers but quantities of some particular currency, they are denoted by means of the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViDxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMoney</a>. Each instance of this collection is a function which (like many Cyc functions which are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMeasure</a>) either takes one argument and returns a fixed amount of money, e.g. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dollar_Australia</a> 4) or takes two arguments and returns a range, e.g. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Shilling_Uganda</a> 2 2000). Since currencies may appreciate or depreciate in value over time, and this information is sometimes relevant, it is possible to index instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViDxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitOfMoney</a> temporally by means of further functions. For example, ((<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4MwxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USDollarFn</a> 1997) 2) denotes the monetary value of 2 US dollars in the year 1997. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneyTransfer</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYK1JMngNEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">monetaryValueOfThing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">basicPrice</a>. monetary value MonetaryValue <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Free_MonetaryCost</a> is the zero <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a> of something that is basically free, that is, something bought, or available, for nothing - without payment of money. See also the function <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyz3xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeThingOfTypeFn</a>. no-cost Free-MonetaryCost <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Free_MonetaryCost</a> is the zero <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a> of something that is basically free, that is, something bought, or available, for nothing - without payment of money. See also the function <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyz3xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeThingOfTypeFn</a>. no-cost Free-MonetaryCost <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Free_MonetaryCost</a> is the zero <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a> of something that is basically free, that is, something bought, or available, for nothing - without payment of money. See also the function <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyz3xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeThingOfTypeFn</a>. no-cost Free-MonetaryCost Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Free_MonetaryCost</a> is the zero <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a> of something that is basically free, that is, something bought, or available, for nothing - without payment of money. See also the function <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyz3xZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeThingOfTypeFn</a>. no-cost Free-MonetaryCost A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rLxknOmVZQdeQUJLqO_1Uzg" class="cyc_term">ScalarQuantity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rLOwZCvkjQdea-sfI2QK3kQ" class="cyc_term">ScalarProperInterval</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rkmGj_Bv1EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">NonNumericScalarQuantity</a> is a properly interval-like quantity that is not given in terms of a numerically-specified measurement (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rr-2NGp7sQdidoL5VyxYMGg" class="cyc_term">MeasurableQuantity</a>). Typically, a non-numeric quantity is specified in a way that compares it to certain other non-numeric quantities of the same general type. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPuojpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BreadboxSized</a> is a non-numeric <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volume</a> that is less than (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">followingValue</a>) the volume <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanSized</a>. <p/> Note that no <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjarZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MathematicalFunctionOnScalars</a> (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViArpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlusFn</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r87r3lr_7QdiBR_xTRXEEBw" class="cyc_term">ScalarExponentFn</a>) is defined (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvm2YOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">undefined</a>) on any non-numeric scalar quantity. <p/> An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rkmGj_Bv1EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">NonNumericScalarQuantity</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViZjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GenericQuantity</a>. <p/> For predicates that relate things to non-numeric quantities that characterize them, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGwNl-MFvQdiPHKVk-aZIEw" class="cyc_term">NonNumericQuantitySlot</a>. NonNumericScalarQuantity non numeric scalar quantity