Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money.
- noun Transmission from person to person as a medium of exchange; circulation.
- noun General acceptance or use; prevalence.
- noun The state of being current; up-to-dateness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flowing, running, or passing; a continued or uninterrupted course, like that of a stream.
- noun A continued course in public knowledge, opinion, or belief; the state or fact of being communicated in speech or writing from person to person, or from age to age: as, a startling rumor gained currency.
- noun A continual passing from hand to hand; circulation: as, the currency of coins or of banknotes.
- noun Fluency; readiness of utterance.
- noun General estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
- noun That which is current as a medium of exchange; that which is in general use as money or as a representative of value: as, the currency of a country.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream.
- noun The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation.
- noun That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value.
- noun obsolete Fluency; readiness of utterance.
- noun Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Money or other items used to facilitatetransactions . - noun more specifically
Paper money . - noun The state of being
current ; general acceptance or recognition. - noun obsolete
fluency ; readiness of utterance - noun obsolete Current value; general estimation; the
rate at which anything is generally valued.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun the property of belonging to the present time
- noun general acceptance or use
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As soon as facebook developers’ allotted banner ad space dries up, or the virtual currency/survey model dries up, the only thing left to monetize in the realm will be virtual gifts (* not virtual currency*), and being that Facebook already has a gift shop, they’ll be slopping up all the revenue.
Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem Of Hell Michael Arrington 2005
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Mr. Mantega, who popularized the term "currency war" a year ago to describe the political impact on emerging market countries to keep the value of their exports competitive amid a declining U.S. dollar, said he doesn't believe the wars are over.
Brazil Says Europe Must 'Save Itself' Erin McCarthy 2011
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Although the term "currency board" is somewhat contemporary, the Bank of England used this mechanism to manage its gold standard system in the 18th century.
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Although the term "currency board" is somewhat contemporary, the Bank of England used this mechanism to manage its gold standard system in the 18th century.
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Although the term "currency board" is somewhat contemporary, the Bank of England used this mechanism to manage its gold standard system in the 18th century.
Forbes.com: News Nathan Lewis 2011
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The phrase "currency board linked to gold" drives some hard-money advocates batty.
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The phrase "currency board linked to gold" drives some hard-money advocates batty.
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Oddly, the vision I have of the newly divorced woman flinging herself onto a bed covered in currency is not born out by the figures.
Archive 2007-10-14 Newmania 2007
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Oddly, the vision I have of the newly divorced woman flinging herself onto a bed covered in currency is not born out by the figures.
Its Good To Be The King Newmania 2007
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Brazil's sharp-tongued Finance Minister Guido Mantega quickly became an international sensation when he coined the phrase "currency wars" to refer to excessive currency manipulation in these times of high volatility and dollar debasement.
Forbes.com: News Agustino Fontevecchia 2011
chained_bear commented on the word currency
Inefficient Units of Currency.
September 3, 2008