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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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..
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..
Decimalism :: Decimalism (n.) The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc..
Sychnocarpous :: Sycee (n.) Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy..
Circulation :: Circulation (n.) Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin..
Bullionist :: Bullionist (n.) An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold..
Shilling :: Shilling (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency..
Run :: Run (n.) State of being current; currency; popularity.
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency..
Assignat :: Assignat (n.) One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state..
Inconvertibility :: Inconvertibility (n.) The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold..
Currentness :: Currentness (n.) The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.
Token :: Token (n.) A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value..
Decimalize :: Decimalize (v. t.) To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency..
Pfennig :: Pfennig (n.) A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency..
Bimetallic :: Bimetallic (a.) Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency..
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money..
Currency :: Currency (n.) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
Go :: Go (v. i.) To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded..
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