Currency

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1. Noun

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

2. Noun

The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes.

3. Noun

That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money.

4. Noun

Fluency; readiness of utterance.

5. Noun

Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

6. Noun

general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas"
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