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currencies'

[kur-uhn-see, kuhr-] Origin

cur·ren·cy

[kur-uhn-see, kuhr-]
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.

Origin:
1650–60; < Medieval Latin currentia. See current, -ency
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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."
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currency definition


Any form of money in actual use as a medium of exchange.

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