Definition for

currency


noun – A flowing, running, or passing; a continued or uninterrupted course, like that of a stream.

noun – A continued course in public knowledge, opinion, or belief; the state or fact of being communicated in speech or writing from person to person, or from age to age: as, a startling rumor gained currency.

noun – A continual passing from hand to hand; circulation: as, the currency of coins or of banknotes.

noun – Fluency; readiness of utterance.

noun – General estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

noun – That which is current as a medium of exchange; that which is in general use as money or as a representative of value: as, the currency of a country.

noun – A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream.

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