English Online Dictionary. What means currency? What does currency mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin currēns, from currō. By surface analysis, current + -cy.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/, /ˈkɝ.ən.si/
Noun
currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)
- Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
- (more specifically) Paper money.
- The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
- (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
- (obsolete) Fluency; readiness of utterance.
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See also
- Category:Currency symbols