CURRENCY

currency. Currency, n. a circulation, currentness, paper passing for, and established as, current money

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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. 1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time. Ayliffe.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 4. Fluency; readiness of utterance.
5. 5. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
He . . . takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value. Bacon. The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. W. Irving.