currency : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: currency	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
currency n the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas" the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term" Synonym(s): currentness, currency, up-to- dateness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Currency \Cur"rency\ (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.