Definition of currency

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Currency (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..

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Continental :: Continental (n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill..
Effective :: Effective (n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe..
Monometallism :: Monometallism (n.) The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism..
Decimalism :: Decimalism (n.) The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency..
Byword :: Byword (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.
Table :: Table (n.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables,
Depreciate :: Depreciate (v. i.) To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie..
Currency :: Currency (n.) Fluency; readiness of utterance.
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day..
Circulation :: Circulation (n.) Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin..
Bimetallic :: Bimetallic (a.) Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency..
Recurrency :: Recurrency (n.) The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse..
Decimalize :: Decimalize (v. t.) To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency..
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money..
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) Reception; currency.
Utter :: Utter (a.) hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes..
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency..
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