currency

[CurĀ·ren*cy]

Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

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A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; as, the currency of time.

Noun
general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas"

Noun
the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term"

Noun
the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used

Noun
a current state of general acceptance and use


n.
A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

n.
The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes.

n.
That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money.

n.
Fluency; readiness of utterance.

n.
Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.


Currency

Cur"ren*cy (k?r"r?n-c?), n.; pl. Currencies (-sz). [Cf. LL. currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of currere to run. See Current.] 1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] Ayliffe. 2. The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes. 3. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money. 4. Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.] 5. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
He . . . takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.
The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; as, the currency of time.

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Usage Examples

'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption it is not a symbol, but a fraud.

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

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Other Usage Examples

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.

The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

Find the human in the technology. The currency marketers trade in has not changed even if the methods have. Emotion is what we exchange.

The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

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