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Noun

currency (countable and uncountable; plural currencies)

  1. Money or other item used to facilitate transactions.
    wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
  2. (more specifically) Paper money.
    • 1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 3,
      Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
  3. a countable unit which symbolize real value
  4. Acceptance or use.
    The jargon’s currency.
  5. The state of being current.

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