currency Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
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noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
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noun the property of belonging to the present time
currentness; up-to-dateness.
- the currency of a slang term
WordNet
Cur"ren*cy noun
Etymology
Cf. LL.Wordforms
Definitions
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A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; Obs. Ayliffe.as, the .currency of time -
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 ; thecurrency of bank notes. -
That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a speciecurrency ; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money. -
Fluency; readiness of utterance. Obs. -
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.