currency
Americannoun
plural
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something that is used as a medium of exchange; money.
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general acceptance; prevalence; vogue.
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a time or period during which something is widely accepted and circulated.
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the fact or quality of being widely accepted and circulated from person to person.
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circulation, as of coin.
noun
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a metal or paper medium of exchange that is in current use in a particular country
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general acceptance or circulation; prevalence
the currency of ideas
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the period of time during which something is valid, accepted, or in force
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the act of being passed from person to person
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(formerly) the local medium of exchange, esp in the colonies, as distinct from sterling
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slang
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(formerly) the native-born Australians, as distinct from the British immigrants
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( as modifier )
a currency lad
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Etymology
Origin of currency
From the Medieval Latin word currentia, dating back to 1650–60. See current, -ency
Example Sentences
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He added that investors could move into dollar-denominated assets in early trading, potentially strengthening the U.S. currency and pushing Treasury yields lower.
From Barron's
Pahlavi has positioned himself as a potential leader if the regime falls, and in early January he urged Iranians to join the protests that began late last year over the country’s free-falling currency.
On Thursday, Tom Lee, the co-founder and head of research at Fundstrat, said financial markets were “far along” in a bottoming for software and tech stock prices, and even for virtual currencies.
From MarketWatch
Local currency sales for the year are expected to be around flat, illustrating a business struggling to deliver growth, he says.
The yuan softened after the People’s Bank of China cut shorting costs for the currency.
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