CURRENCY


Meaning of CURRENCY in English

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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3.

see also common currency

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