Currency /(k?r"r?n-c?)/

Cur·ren·cy

Currency

n.

pl. Currencies ((-sz))

  1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.]
  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.