currency

noun cur·ren·cy \ˈkər-ən(t)-sē, ˈkə-rən(t)-\

: the money that a country uses : a specific kind of money

: something that is used as money

: the quality or state of being used or accepted by many people

plural cur·ren·cies

Full Definition of CURRENCY

a : circulation as a medium of exchange

b : general use, acceptance, or prevalence <a story gaining currency>

c : the quality or state of being current : currentness

a : something (as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes) that is in circulation as a medium of exchange

b : paper money in circulation

c : a common article for bartering

d : a medium of verbal or intellectual expression

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Synonyms: bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, money, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum

CURRENCY Defined for Kids

noun cur·ren·cy \ˈkər-ən-sē\

plural cur·ren·cies

: common use or acceptance <The idea has wide currency.>

: money in circulation <We were paid in the country's currency.>

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