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Webster 1913 Edition
Currency
Cur′ren-cy
(k?r′r?n-c?)
, Noun.
pl.
Currencies
(-s[GREEK]z)
. 1.
A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream;
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 notes3.
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 money4.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Currency
CURRENCY
,Noun.
1.
Literally, flowing, running or passing; a continued or uninterrupted course, like that of a stream; as the currency of time.2.
A continued course in public opinion, belief or reception; a passing from person to person, or from age to age; a, a report has had a long or general currency.3.
A continual passing from hand to hand, as coin or bills of credit; circulation; as the currency of cents, or of English crowns; the currency of bank bills or treasury notes.4.
Fluency; readiness of utterance; but in this sense we generally use fluency.5.
General estimation; the rate at which any thing is generally valued.He takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.
6.
That which is current or in circulation, as a medium of trade. The word may be applied to coins, or to bills issued by authority. It is often applied to bank notes, and to notes issued by government.Definition 2024
currency
currency
English
Noun
currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)
- Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
- Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
- (more specifically) Paper money.
- 1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 3,
- Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
- 1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 3,
- The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
- The jargon’s currency.
- (obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance
- (obsolete) 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. — Francis Bacon.
- The bare name of Englishman […] too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. — W. Irving.
Derived terms
- (economics): fiat currency, closed currency, hard currency, metacurrency
Translations
money or other item used to facilitate transactions
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See also
- Category:Currency symbols