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Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin currēns, from currō.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/, /ˈkɝ.ən.si/

• Audio (US, hurry–furry merger):

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currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)

1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

   Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.

2. (more specifically) Paper money.
   • 1943, William Saroyan, chapter 3, in The Human Comedy:

     Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.

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

   The jargon’s currency.

   • 1983 April 9, Kenneth Hale Wehmann, “Conscientious Resistance”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

     Fear of punishment has no currency with me as long as I remain convinced of the larger value of what I have done.

4. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
   • a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:

     He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.

   • 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “English Writers on America”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 112:

     The bare name of Englishman […] too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.

5. (obsolete) Fluency; readiness of utterance.

• Category:Currency symbols