Currency

['kʌr(ə)nsɪ] or ['kɝənsi]

Definition

(noun.) general acceptance or use; 'the currency of ideas'.

(noun.) the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used.

Edited by Johanna--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

(n.) 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.

(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.

(n.) Fluency; readiness of utterance.

(n.) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

Checker: Patty

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Publicity, general reception.[2]. Circulation, transmission from hand to hand.[3]. Money; aggregate of coin, bills and notes; circulating medium.

Typist: Molly

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Circulation, vogue, publicity, prevalence

ANT:Suppression, repression, recall, stagnation, rejection, disbelief, withdrawal

Typed by Greta

Examples

Closely connected with the vagueness of men's ideas about property was the vagueness of their ideas about currency. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
A thousand guilders in the bank of Amsterdam, for example, are of more value than a thousand guilders of Amsterdam currency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Such a state, therefore, by reforming its coin, will not always be able to reform its currency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
A tax of this kind, imposed during the currency of a lease, may, no doubt, distress or ruin the farmer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
It was a well-reasoned discussion on the relati on of the issue of paper currency to rate of interest, land values, manuf actures, population, and wages. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Both credit and currency begin to fluctuate wildly with the evaporation of public confidence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The price of passage is fixed at $1,250, currency, for each adult passenger. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
That mysterious paper currency which circulates in London when the wind blows, gyrated here and there and everywhere. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
There is some justice in this opinion, as there always is in such as attain general currency. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
But under the most stable conditions there will always be fluctuations in currency value. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The currency of a great state, such as France or England, generally consists almost entirely of its own coin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
It is clear that the riddle of currency exercised Owen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Before the late recoinage, when the gold currency of England was two per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
They can center it upon the tariff or the trusts or even the currency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Tradition has centered upon the tariff, the trusts, the currency, and electoral machinery as the items of consideration. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Those metals are said to have become more abundant in America, since the suppression of some of their paper currencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
In the currencies of North America, paper was commonly issued for so small a sum as a shilling, and filled almost the whole of that circulation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
They are said, likewise, to have been more abundant before the institution of those currencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
In some paper currencies of Yorkshire, it was issued even for so small a sum as a sixpence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
In the paper currencies of Yorkshire, the payment of so small a sum as 6d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

Typist: Winfred