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cur·ren·cy 
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Audio Help [kur-uhn-see, kuhr-] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -cies.
| 1. | something that is used as a medium of exchange; money. |
| 2. | general acceptance; prevalence; vogue. |
| 3. | a time or period during which something is widely accepted and circulated. |
| 4. | the fact or quality of being widely accepted and circulated from person to person. |
| 5. | circulation, as of coin. |
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Currency
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| cur·ren·cy
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n. pl. cur·ren·cies
[From Middle English curraunt, in circulation; see current.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
currency
1657, "condition of flowing," from L. currentum, pp. of currere "to run" (see current); the sense of a flow or course extended 1699 (by John Locke) to "circulation of money."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| currency | |
noun | |
| 1. | the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used |
| 2. | general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas" |
| 3. | the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term" [syn: currentness] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
currency [ˈkarənsi, (American) ˈkə:-] noun — plural ˈcurrencies
the money (notes and coins) of a country
Example: the currencies of the world; foreign currency
Example: the currencies of the world; foreign currency
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
currency
Any form of money in actual use as a medium of exchange.
[Chapter:] Business and Economics
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Currency
Cur"ren*cy\ (k?r"r?n-c?), n.; pl. Currencies (-s?z). [Cf. LL. currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of currere to run. See Current.]1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. 2. The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes. 3. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money. 4. Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.] 5. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued. He . . . takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value. --Bacon. The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. --W. Irving.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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