currency

1. n. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time. Source: opted

2. n. 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; the currency of bank notes. Source: opted

3. n. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money. Source: opted

4. n. Fluency; readiness of utterance. Source: opted

5. n. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued. Source: opted

6. n. the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used Source: wordnet

7. n. general acceptance or use Source: wordnet

8. n. the property of belonging to the present time Source: wordnet

9. 1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] Ayliffe. 2. 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; the currency of bank notes. 3. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money. 4. Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.] 5. 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. Source: webster

10. n:100 n. the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used n. general acceptance or use Source: ecdict

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