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currencies
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Currencies
(gcide) | Currency \Cur"ren*cy\ (k?r"r?n-c?), n.; pl. Currencies (-s?z).
[Cf. LL. currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of
currere to run. See Current.]
1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a
stream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.]
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5. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which
anything is generally valued.
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He . . . takes greatness of kingdoms according to
their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic
value. --Bacon.
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The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a
transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.
--W. Irving.
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