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The definition of currency is the money system used in a country, especially paper money.

(noun)

An example of currency is the American dollar or the Euro.

See currency in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. currencies

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

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

See currency in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cur·ren·cy

noun pl. currencies cur·ren·cies

Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money.
Transmission from person to person as a medium of exchange; circulation: coins now in currency.
General acceptance or use; prevalence: the currency of a slang term.
The state of being current; up-to-dateness: Can you check the currency of this address?

Origin: From Middle English curraunt, in circulation; see current.

Currency Table: Listed by Country

Country	Basic Unit	Subunit	Country	Basic Unit	Subunit	Country	Basic Unit	Subunit
Afghanistan	afghani	100 puls	Grenada	dollar	100 cents	Pakistan	rupee	100 paisa
Albania	lek	100 qindarka	Guatemala	quetzal	100 centavos	Palau	dollar	100 cents
Algeria	dinar	100 centimes	Guinea	franc	100 centimes	Panama	balboa	100 centesimos
Andorra	euro	100 cents	Guinea-Bissau	franc	100 centimes	Papua New Guinea	kina	100 toea
Angola	kwanza	100 centavos	Guyana	dollar	100 cents	Paraguay	guarani	100 centimos
Antigua and Barbuda	dollar	100 cents	Haiti	gourde	100 centimes	Peru	sol	100 centimos
Argentina	peso	100 centavos	Honduras	lempira	100 centavos	Philippines	piso	100 sentimos
Armenia	dram	100 lumma	Hong Kong	dollar	100 cents	Poland	zloty	100 groszy
Australia	dollar	100 cents	Hungary	forint	100 fillers	Portugal	euro	100 cents
Austria	euro	100 cents	Iceland	krona	100 aurar	Qatar	riyal	100 dirhams
Azerbaijan	manat	100 qepiq	India	rupee	100 paise	Romania	leu	100 bani
Bahamas	dollar	100 cents	Indonesia	rupiah	100 sen	Russia	ruble	100 kopeks
Bahrain	dinar	1000 fils	Iran	rial	100 dinars	Rwanda	franc	100 centimes
Bangladesh	taka	100 poisha	Iraq	dinar	1000 fils	Saint Kitts and Nevis	dollar	100 cents
Barbados	dollar	100 cents	Ireland	euro	100 cents	Saint Lucia	dollar	100 cents
Belarus	rubel	100 kapeikas	Israel	sheqel	100 agorot	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	dollar	100 cents
Belgium	euro	100 cents	Italy	euro	100 cents	Samoa	tala	100 sene
Belize	dollar	100 cents	Ivory Coast	franc	100 centimes	San Marino	euro	100 cents
Benin	franc	100 centimes	Jamaica	dollar	100 cents	São Tomé and Príncipe	dobra	100 centimos
Bhutan	ngultrum	100 chetrum	Japan	yen	100 sen	Saudi Arabia	riyal	100 halalas
Bolivia	boliviano	100 centavos	Jordan	dinar	100 piasters	Senegal	franc	100 centimes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	marka	100 pfenigs	Kazakhstan	tenge	100 tiyin	Serbia	dinar	100 para
Botswana	pula	100 thebe	Kenya	shilling	100 cents	Seychelles	rupee	100 cents
Brazil	real	100 centavos	Kiribati	dollar	100 cents	Sierra Leone	leone	100 cents
Brunei	dollar	100 sen	Kuwait	dinar	1000 fils	Singapore	dollar	100 cents
Bulgaria	lev	100 stotinki	Kyrgyzstan	som	100 tyiyn	Slovakia	euro	100 cents
Burkina Faso	franc	100 centimes	Laos	kip	100 at	Slovenia	euro	100 cents
Burundi	franc	100 centimes	Latvia	lats	100 santimi	Solomon Islands	dollar	100 cents
Cambodia	riel	100 sen	Lebanon	pound	100 piasters	Somalia	shilin	100 senti
Cameroon	franc	100 centimes	Lesotho	loti	100 lisente	South Africa	rand	100 cents
Canada	dollar	100 cents	Liberia	dollar	100 cents	South Korea	won	100 chon
Cape Verde	escudo	100 centavos	Libya	dinar	100 dirhams	Spain	euro	100 cents
Central African Republic	franc	100 centimes	Liechtenstein	franc	100 centimes	Sri Lanka	rupee	100 cents
Chad	franc	100 centimes	Lithuania	litas	100 centas	Sudan	dinar	100 dirhams
Chile	peso	100 centavos	Luxembourg	euro	100 cents	Suriname	dollar	100 cents
China	yuan	10 jiao	Macao	pataca	100 avos	Swaziland	lilangeni	100 cents
Colombia	peso	100 centavos	Macedonia	denar	100 deni	Sweden	krona	100 öre
Comoros	franc	100 centimes	Madagascar	ariary	5 iraimbilanja	Switzerland	franc	100 centimes
Congo (Dem. Rep. of)	franc	100 centimes	Malawi	kwacha	100 tambala	Syria	pound	100 piasters
Congo (Rep. of)	franc	100 centimes	Malaysia	ringgit	100 sen	Taiwan	yuan	100 cents
Costa Rica	colon	100 centimos	Maldives	rufiyaa	100 laari	Tajikistan	somoni	100 dirams
Croatia	kuna	100 lipa	Mali	franc	100 centimes	Tanzania	shilling	100 cents
Cuba	peso	100 centavos	Malta	euro	100 cents	Thailand	baht	100 satang
Cyprus	euro	100 cents	Marshall Islands	dollar	100 cents	Togo	franc	100 centimes
Czech Republic	koruna	100 halers	Mauritania	ouguiya	5 khoums	Tonga	pa'anga	100 seniti
Denmark	krone	100 øre	Mauritius	rupee	100 cents	Trinidad and Tobago	dollar	100 cents
Djibouti	franc	100 centimes	Mexico	peso	100 centavos	Tunisia	dinar	1000 millimes
Dominica	dollar	100 cents	Micronesia	dollar	100 cents	Turkey	lira	100 kurus
Dominican Republic	peso	100 centavos	Moldova	leu	100 bani	Turkmenistan	manat	100 tenge
East Timor	dollar	100 cents	Monaco	euro	100 cents	Tuvalu	dollar	100 cents
Ecuador	dollar	100 cents	Mongolia	tugrik	100 mongo	Uganda	shilling	100 cents
Egypt	pound	100 piasters	Montenegro	euro	100 cents	Ukraine	hryvnia	100 kopiykas
El Salvador	colon	100 centavos	Morocco	dirham	100 centimes	United Arab Emirates	dirham	100 fils
Equatorial Guinea	franc	100 centimes	Mozambique	metical	100 centavos	United Kingdom	pound	100 pence
Eritrea	nakfa	100 cents	Myanmar	kyat	100 pyas	United States	dollar	100 cents
Estonia	kroon	100 senti	Namibia	dollar	100 cents	Uruguay	peso	100 centesimos
Ethiopia	birr	100 cents	Nauru	dollar	100 cents	Uzbekistan	som	100 tyyn
Fiji	dollar	100 cents	Nepal	rupee	100 paisa	Vanuatu	vatu
Finland	euro	100 cents	Netherlands	euro	100 cents	Vatican City	euro	100 cents
France	euro	100 cents	New Zealand	dollar	100 cents	Venezuela	bolivar	100 centimos
Gabon	franc	100 centimes	Nicaragua	cordoba	100 centavos	Vietnam	dong	10 hao
Gambia	dalasi	100 bututs	Niger	franc	100 centimes	Yemen	rial	100 fils
Georgia	lari	100 tetri	Nigeria	naira	100 kobo	Zambia	kwacha	100 ngwee
Germany	euro	100 cents	North Korea	won	100 chon	Zimbabwe	dollar	100 cents
Ghana	cedi	100 pesewas	Norway	krone	100 øre
Greece	euro	100 cents	Oman	rial	1000 baisa

Currency Table: Listed by Basic Unit (Bold) and Subunit

Unit	Country	Unit	Country	Unit	Country	Unit	Country	Unit	Country
afghani	Afghanistan	centas	Lithuania		Belize		Rwanda		Lebanon
agora	Israel	centavo	Angola		Brunei		Senegal		Syria
ariary	Madagascar		Argentina		Canada		Switzerland	piso	Philippines
at	Laos		Bolivia		Dominica		Togo	poisha	Bangladesh
avo	Macao		Brazil		East Timor	gourde	Haiti	pound	Egypt
baht	Thailand		Cape Verde		Ecuador	grosz	Poland		Lebanon
baisa	Oman		Chile		Fiji	guarani	Paraguay		Syria
balboa	Panama		Colombia		Grenada	guilder	Suriname		United Kingdom
ban	Moldova		Cuba		Guyana	halala	Saudi Arabia	pul	Afghanistan
	Romania		Dominican Republic		Hong Kong	haler	Czech Republic	pula	Botswana
birr	Ethiopia		El Salvador		Jamaica	hao	Vietnam	pya	Myanmar
bolivar	Venezuela		Guatemala		Kiribati	hryvnia	Ukraine	qepiq	Azerbaijan
boliviano	Bolivia		Honduras		Liberia	jiao	China	qindarka	Albania
butut	Gambia		Mexico		Marshall Islands	kapeika	Belarus	quetzal	Guatemala
cedi	Ghana		Mozambique		Micronesia	khoum	Mauritania	rand	South Africa
cent	Andorra		Nicaragua		Namibia	kina	Papua New Guinea	real	Brazil
	Antigua and Barbuda	centesimo	Panama		Nauru	kip	Laos	rial	Iran
	Australia		Uruguay		New Zealand	kobo	Nigeria		Oman
	Austria	centime	Algeria		Palau	kopek	Russia		Yemen
	Bahamas		Belgium		Saint Kitts and Nevis	kopiyka	Ukraine	riel	Cambodia
	Barbados		Benin		Saint Lucia	koruna	Czech Republic	ringgit	Malaysia
	Belgium		Burkina Faso		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	krona	Iceland	riyal	Qatar
	Belize		Burundi		Singapore		Sweden		Saudi Arabia
	Canada		Cameroon		Solomon Islands	krone	Denmark	rubel	Belarus
	Cyprus		Central African Republic		Suriname		Norway	ruble	Russia
	Dominica		Chad		Trinidad and Tobago	kroon	Estonia	rufiyaa	Maldives
	East Timor		Comoros		Tuvalu	kuna	Croatia	rupee	India
	Ecuador		Congo (Dem. Rep. of)		United States	kurus	Turkey		Mauritius
	Ethiopia		Congo (Rep. of)		Zimbabwe	kwacha	Malawi		Nepal
	Fiji		Djibouti	dong	Vietnam		Zambia		Pakistan
	Finland		Equatorial Guinea	dram	Armenia	kwanza	Angola		Seychelles
	France		Gabon	escudo	Cape Verde	kyat	Myanmar		Sri Lanka
	Germany		Guinea	euro	Andorra	laari	Maldives	rupiah	Indonesia
	Greece		Guinea-Bissau		Austria	lari	Georgia	santims	Latvia
	Grenada		Haiti		Belgium	lats	Latvia	satang	Thailand
	Guyana		Ivory Coast		Cyprus	lek	Albania	sen	Brunei
	Hong Kong		Liechtenstein		Finland	lempira	Honduras		Cambodia
	Ireland		Madagascar		France	leone	Sierra Leone		Indonesia
	Italy		Mali		Germany	leu	Moldova		Japan
	Jamaica		Morocco		Greece		Romania		Malaysia
	Kenya		Niger		Ireland	lev	Bulgaria	sene	Samoa
	Kiribati		Rwanda		Italy	lilangeni	Swaziland	seniti	Tonga
	Liberia		Senegal		Luxembourg	lipa	Croatia	sent	Estonia
	Luxembourg		Switzerland		Malta	lira	Turkey		Somalia
	Malta		Togo		Monaco	lisente	(pl. of sente)	sente	Lesotho
	Marshall Islands	centimo	Costa Rica		Montenegro	litas	Lithuania	sentimo	Philippines
	Mauritius		Paraguay		Netherlands	loti	Lesotho	sheqel	Israel
	Micronesia		Peru		Portugal	lumma	Armenia	shilin	Somalia
	Monaco		São Tomé and Príncipe		San Marino	manat	Azerbaijan	shilling	Kenya
	Montenegro		Venezuela		Slovakia		Turkmenistan		Tanzania
	Namibia	chetrum	Bhutan		Slovenia	marka	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Uganda
	Nauru	chon	North Korea		Spain	metical	Mozambique	sol	Peru
	Netherlands		South Korea		Vatican City	millime	Tunisia	som	Kyrgyzstan
	New Zealand	colon	Costa Rica	eyrir	Iceland	mongo	Mongolia		Uzbekistan
	Palau		El Salvador	filler	Hungary	naira	Nigeria	somoni	Tajikistan
	Portugal	cordoba	Nicaragua	fils	Bahrain	nakfa	Eritrea	stotinka	Bulgaria
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	dalasi	Gambia		Iraq	ngultrum	Bhutan	taka	Bangladesh
	Saint Lucia	denar	Macedonia		Kuwait	ngwee	Zambia	tala	Samoa
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	deni	Macedonia		United Arab Emirates	øre	Denmark	tambala	Malawi
	San Marino	dinar	Algeria		Yemen		Norway	tenge	Kazakhstan
	Seychelles		Bahrain	forint	Hungary	öre	Sweden	tenge	Turkmenistan
	Sierra Leone		Iraq	franc	Benin	ouguiya	Mauritania	tetri	Georgia
	Singapore		Jordan		Burkina Faso	pa'anga	Tonga	thebe	Botswana
	Slovakia		Kuwait		Burundi	paisa	India	tiyin	Kazakhstan
	Slovenia		Libya		Cameroon		Nepal	toea	Papua New Guinea
	Solomon Islands		Serbia		Central African Republic		Pakistan	tugrik	Mongolia
	Somalia		Sudan		Chad	para	Serbia	tyiyn	Kyrgyzstan
	South Africa		Tunisia		Comoros	pataca	Macao	tyyn	Uzbekistan
	Spain	dinar	Iran		Congo (Rep. of)	penny	United Kingdom	vatu	Vanuatu
	Sri Lanka	diram	Tajikistan		Congo (Dem. Rep. of)	pesewa	Ghana	won	North Korea
	Suriname	dirham	Morocco		Djibouti	peso	Argentina		South Korea
	Swaziland		Sudan		Equatorial Guinea		Chile	yen	Japan
	Taiwan		United Arab Emirates		Gabon		Colombia	yuan	China
	Tanzania	dirham	Libya		Guinea		Cuba		Taiwan
	Trinidad and Tobago		Qatar		Guinea-Bissau		Dominican Republic	zloty	Poland
	Tuvalu	dobra	São Tomé and Príncipe		Ivory Coast		Mexico
	Uganda	dollar	Antigua and Barbuda		Liechtenstein		Uruguay
	United States		Australia		Madagascar	pfenig	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Vatican City		Bahamas		Mali	piaster	Egypt
	Zimbabwe		Barbados		Niger		Jordan