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currency
noun cur·ren·cy \ˈkər-ən(t)-sē, ˈkə-rən(t)-\
: the money that a country uses : a specific kind of money
: something that is used as money
: the quality or state of being used or accepted by many people
plural cur·ren·cies
Full Definition of CURRENCY
1
a : circulation as a medium of exchange b : general use, acceptance, or prevalence <a story gaining currency> c : the quality or state of being current : currentness
2
a : something (as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes) that is in circulation as a medium of exchange b : paper money in circulation c : a common article for bartering d : a medium of verbal or intellectual expression
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First Known Use of CURRENCY
1624
Related to CURRENCY
- Synonyms
- bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, money, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum
CURRENCY Defined for Kids
currency
noun cur·ren·cy \ˈkər-ən-sē\
plural cur·ren·cies
Definition of CURRENCY for Kids
1
: common use or acceptance <The idea has wide currency.>
2
: money in circulation <We were paid in the country's currency.>
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