currency

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noun

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

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

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currency

noun

pl. -·cies

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 of currency

Medieval Latin currentia, a current from Classical Latin currens: see current

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currency

noun

pl. 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 of currency

From Middle English curraunt in circulation ; see current .

CURRENCY TABLE: LISTED BY COUNTRY

Country	Basic Unit	Country	Basic Unit	Country	Basic Unit	Country	Basic Unit
Afghanistan	afghani	Dominican Republic	peso	Liechtenstein	franc	Samoa	tala
Albania	lek	East Timor	dollar	Lithuania	litas	San Marino	euro
Algeria	dinar	Ecuador	dollar	Luxembourg	euro	São Tomé and Príncipe	dobra
Andorra	euro	Egypt	pound	Macedonia	denar	Saudi Arabia	riyal
Angola	kwanza	El Salvador	colon	Madagascar	ariary	Senegal	franc
Antigua and Barbuda	dollar	Equatorial Guinea	franc	Malawi	kwacha	Serbia	dinar
Argentina	peso	Eritrea	nakfa	Malaysia	ringgit	Seychelles	rupee
Armenia	dram	Estonia	euro	Maldives	rufiyaa	Sierra Leone	leone
Australia	dollar	Ethiopia	birr	Mali	franc	Singapore	dollar
Austria	euro	Fiji	dollar	Malta	euro	Slovakia	euro
Azerbaijan	manat	Finland	euro	Marshall Islands	dollar	Slovenia	euro
Bahamas	dollar	France	euro	Mauritania	ouguiya	Solomon Islands	dollar
Bahrain	dinar	Gabon	franc	Mauritius	rupee	Somalia	shilin
Bangladesh	taka	Gambia	dalasi	Mexico	peso	South Africa	rand
Barbados	dollar	Georgia	lari	Micronesia	dollar	South Korea	won
Belarus	rubel	Germany	euro	Moldova	leu	Spain	euro
Belgium	euro	Ghana	cedi	Monaco	euro	Sri Lanka	rupee
Belize	dollar	Greece	euro	Mongolia	tögrög	Sudan	dinar
Benin	franc	Grenada	dollar	Montenegro	euro	Suriname	dollar
Bhutan	ngultrum	Guatemala	quetzal	Morocco	dirham	Swaziland	lilangeni
Bolivia	boliviano	Guinea	franc	Mozambique	metical	Sweden	krona
Bosnia and Herzegovina	marka	Guinea-Bissau	franc	Myanmar	kyat	Switzerland	franc
Botswana	pula	Guyana	dollar	Namibia	dollar	Syria	pound
Brazil	real	Haiti	gourde	Nauru	dollar	Taiwan	yuan
Brunei	dollar	Honduras	lempira	Nepal	rupee	Tajikistan	somoni
Bulgaria	lev	Hungary	forint	Netherlands	euro	Tanzania	shilling
Burkina Faso	franc	Iceland	krona	New Zealand	dollar	Thailand	baht
Burundi	franc	India	rupee	Nicaragua	cordoba	Togo	franc
Cambodia	riel	Indonesia	rupiah	Niger	franc	Tonga	pa'anga
Cameroon	franc	Iran	rial	Nigeria	naira	Trinidad and Tobago	dollar
Canada	dollar	Iraq	dinar	North Korea	won	Tunisia	dinar
Cape Verde	escudo	Ireland	euro	Norway	krone	Turkey	lira
Central African Republic	franc	Israel	sheqel	Oman	rial	Turkmenistan	manat
Chad	franc	Italy	euro	Pakistan	rupee	Tuvalu	dollar
Chile	peso	Jamaica	dollar	Palau	dollar	Uganda	shilling
China	yuan	Japan	yen	Panama	balboa	Ukraine	hryvnia
Colombia	peso	Jordan	dinar	Papua New Guinea	kina	United Arab Emirates	dirham
Comoros	franc	Kazakhstan	tenge	Paraguay	guarani	United Kingdom	pound
Congo (Dem. Rep. of)	franc	Kenya	shilling	Peru	sol	United States	dollar
Congo (Rep. of)	franc	Kiribati	dollar	Philippines	piso	Uzbekistan	som
Costa Rica	colon	Kosovo	euro	Poland	zloty	Vanuatu	vatu
Côte d'Ivoire	franc	Kuwait	dinar	Portugal	euro	Vatican City	euro
Croatia	kuna	Kyrgyzstan	som	Qatar	riyal	Venezuela	bolivar
Cuba	peso	Laos	kip	Romania	leu	Vietnam	dong
Cyprus	euro	Latvia	lats	Russia	ruble	Yemen	rial
Czech Republic	koruna	Lebanon	pound	Rwanda	franc	Zambia	kwacha
Denmark	krone	Lesotho	loti	Saint Kitts and Nevis	dollar	Zimbabwe	dollar
Djibouti	franc	Liberia	dollar	Saint Lucia	dollar
Dominica	dollar	Libya	dinar	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	dollar

CURRENCY TABLE: LISTED BY BASIC UNIT

Unit	Country	Unit	Country	Unit	Country	Unit	Country
afghani	Afghanistan		Saint Lucia		Gabon		Colombia
ariary	Madagascar		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Guinea		Cuba
baht	Thailand		Singapore		Guinea-Bissau		Dominican Republic
balboa	Panama		Solomon Islands		Liechtenstein		Mexico
birr	Ethiopia		Suriname		Mali		Uruguay
bolivar	Venezuela		Trinidad and Tobago		Niger	piso	Philippines
boliviano	Bolivia		Tuvalu		Rwanda	pound	Egypt
cedi	Ghana		United States		Senegal		Lebanon
colon	Costa Rica		Zimbabwe		Switzerland		Syria
	El Salvador	dong	Vietnam		Togo		United Kingdom
cordoba	Nicaragua	dram	Armenia	gourde	Haiti	pula	Botswana
dalasi	Gambia	escudo	Cape Verde	guarani	Paraguay	quetzal	Guatemala
denar	Macedonia	euro	Andorra	hryvnia	Ukraine	rand	South Africa
dinar	Algeria		Austria	kina	Papua New Guinea	riyal	Qatar
	Bahrain		Belgium	kip	Laos		Saudi Arabia
	Iraq		Cyprus	koruna	Czech Republic	rubel	Belarus
	Jordan		Estonia	krona	Iceland	ruble	Russia
	Kuwait		Finland		Sweden	rufiyaa	Maldives
	Libya		France	krone	Denmark	rupee	India
	Serbia		Germany		Norway		Mauritius
	Sudan		Greece	kuna	Croatia		Nepal
	Tunisia		Ireland	kwacha	Malawi		Pakistan
dirham	Morocco		Italy		Zambia		Seychelles
	United Arab Emirates		Kosovo	kwanza	Angola		Sri Lanka
dobra	São Tomé and Príncipe		Luxembourg	kyat	Myanmar	rupiah	Indonesia
dollar	Antigua and Barbuda		Malta	lari	Georgia	sheqel	Israel
	Australia		Monaco	lats	Latvia	shilin	Somalia
	Bahamas		Montenegro	lek	Albania	shilling	Kenya
	Barbados		Netherlands	lempira	Honduras		Tanzania
	Belize		Portugal	leone	Sierra Leone		Uganda
	Brunei		San Marino	leu	Moldova	sol	Peru
	Canada		Slovakia		Romania	som	Kyrgyzstan
	Dominica		Slovenia	lev	Bulgaria		Uzbekistan
	East Timor		Spain	lilangeni	Swaziland	somoni	Tajikistan
	Ecuador		Vatican City	lira	Turkey	stotinka	Bulgaria
	Fiji	forint	Hungary	litas	Lithuania	taka	Bangladesh
	Grenada	franc	Benin	loti	Lesotho	tala	Samoa
	Guyana		Burkina Faso	manat	Azerbaijan	tenge	Kazakhstan
	Jamaica		Burundi		Turkmenistan	tögrög	Mongolia
	Kiribati		Cameroon	marka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	vatu	Vanuatu
	Liberia		Central African Republic	metical	Mozambique	won	North Korea
	Marshall Islands		Chad	naira	Nigeria		South Korea
	Micronesia		Comoros	nakfa	Eritrea	yen	Japan
	Namibia		Congo (Dem. Rep. of)	ngultrum	Bhutan	yuan	China
	Nauru		Congo (Rep. of)	ouguiya	Mauritania		Taiwan
	New Zealand		Côte d'Ivoire	pa'anga	Tonga	zloty	Poland
	Palau		Djibouti	peso	Argentina
	Saint Kitts and Nevis		Equatorial Guinea		Chile

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural currencies)

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
(more specifically) Paper money.
The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
The jargon’s currency.