Meaning of currency | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
   countable, uncountable
2. Paper money.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange:cash, lucre, money.
4. The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
   countable, uncountable
5. the money (notes and coins) of a country. the currencies of the world; foreign currency. geldeenheid عِملَة مُتَداوَلَه валута moeda měna, peníze die Währung valuta; mønt συνάλλαγμα, νόμισμαmoneda valuuta, käibiv raha پول رایج valuutta monnaieמטבע मुद्रा valuta pénznem, valuta mata uang gjaldmiðill moneta, valuta 通貨 통화 valiuta, pinigai nauda; valūta matawang muntsoortvaluta, myntsort, penger waluta مروجه پیسی moeda mo­nedă; va­lută валюта peniaze, mena valuta valuta valuta เงินตรา para 貨幣 вал...
6. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
7. Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money.
8. Fluency; readiness of utterance.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
9. Transmission from person to person as a medium of exchange; circulation: coins now in currency.
10. General acceptance or use; prevalence: the currency of a slang term.
11. The state of being current; up-to-dateness: Can you check the currency of this address?
12. (Currencies) a metal or paper medium of exchange that is in current use in a particular country
13. general acceptance or circulation; prevalence: the currency of ideas.
14. the period of time during which something is valid, accepted, or in force
15. the act of being passed from person to person

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Examples

“Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.”

“Money managers who play down currencies tend to argue that outguessing foreign exchange markets in the short term is perilous, and that, over the long haul, shifts in currency values tend to offset one another.”

“Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.”

“Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions.”

“The jargon’s currency.”

“Fear of punishment has no currency with me as long as I remain convinced of the larger value of what I have done.”

“He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.”

“The bare name of Englishman […] too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.”

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