Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
- (countable, uncountable) Paper money.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Fluency; readiness of utterance.
Synonyms
monetary system
hard cash
means of payment
paper currency
present value
ready cash
devise motto
circulating medium
general use
legal tenden
Shekel
circulating currency
bar money
current money
current value
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin currēns, from currō. By surface analysis, current + -cy.
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