currency : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a United States federal official who regulates the national banks
  
• noun the agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency
  

WordNet

• noun paper currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit
  

WordNet

• small coin, or paper notes, in circulation, of less value than the monetary unit.

Webster 1913

• noun a currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in value
  
  • the countries agreed to conduct their bilateral trade in hard currency, replacing previous barter arrangements
  • Germany once had a solid economy, good fiscal and monetary policies, and a hard currency
• noun money in the form of bills or coins
  hard cash; cash.
  
  • there is a desperate shortage of hard cash

WordNet

• noun currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
  folding money; paper money.
  

WordNet

• (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values.

Webster 1913