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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Currency \Cur"ren*cy\ (k?r"r?n-c?), n.; pl {Currencies} (-s?z). [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 stream; 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. --Bacon. The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. --W. Irving. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: currency n 1: the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used 2: general acceptance or use: "the currency of ideas" 3: a current state of general acceptance and use [syn: {vogue}] 4: the property of belonging to the present time: "the currency of a slang term" [syn: {currentness}, {up-to-dateness}]
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