transcription, транскрипция: [ kʌrənsi, AM kɜ:r- ]
( currencies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency .
Tourism is the country’s top earner of foreign currency...
More people favour a single European currency than oppose it.
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2.
If a custom, idea, or word has currency , it is used and accepted by a lot of people at a particular time. ( FORMAL )
‘Loop’ is one of those computer words that has gained currency in society.
= acceptance
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see also common currency