currencies

Variant of currency

currency definition

cur·rency (kʉr′ən sē)

noun pl. currencies -·cies

  1. a continual passing from hand to hand, as of a medium of exchange; circulation
  2. ☆ the money in circulation in any country; often, specif., paper money
  3. common acceptance; general use; prevalence the currency of a pronunciation
  4. Rare the time during which anything is current

Etymology: ML currentia, a current < L currens: see current

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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