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currency.

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/US/ˈkɝ.ən.si/US
  1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

    countable · uncountable
    Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
  2. Paper money.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.

    countable · uncountable
    The jargon’s currency.
  4. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  5. Fluency; readiness of utterance.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin currēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin currentiabor. English currency Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia. By surface analysis, current + -cy.

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