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currency

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/

The English word “currency” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
  2. Paper money.
  3. The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
  4. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
  5. Fluency; readiness of utterance.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia. By surface analysis, current + -cy.

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