currency
something that is used as a medium of exchange; money.
general acceptance; prevalence; vogue.
a time or period during which something is widely accepted and circulated.
the fact or quality of being widely accepted and circulated from person to person.
circulation, as of coin.
Origin of currency
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How to use currency in a sentence
They are able to move through obscure currencies, but eventually they end in the same spot, which is moving it back to Bitcoin and through the over-the-counter market.
North Korean hackers steal billions in cryptocurrency. How do they turn it into real cash? | Patrick O'Neill | September 10, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAnother approach, called “chain hopping,” moves the money through different cryptocurrencies and blockchains to get it away from Bitcoin—where every transaction is posted to a public ledger—and into other, more private currencies.
North Korean hackers steal billions in cryptocurrency. How do they turn it into real cash? | Patrick O'Neill | September 10, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewProjects like Libra and, especially, the digital yuan also pose significant privacy risks, as the networks on which the currencies travel can also track who is spending money and where.
The Mastercard initiative comes at a time of growing interest in digital currency among central banks.
The digital currency itself is just a small part of this ideal world.
Then the gift card is shopped online in a gray market to collect cold currency.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRussia depends on oil exports for almost 70 percent of its foreign-currency earnings and almost 50 percent of its annual budget.
At currency auctions, it traded at around 64.45 rubles to the dollar and 78.8 to the euro.
currency problems are procyclical, which is to say that they create their own momentum.
The Arabs offered the Nazis a haven, as well as a market for all their nefarious dealings in arms and black market currency.
It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsBetween these two extremes the Federal Reserve note, a new form of currency, has been introduced.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsBut the sheer quantity of the inflated currency and false money forces prices higher still.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThat is, a demand for more currency in the hands of the public could have been supplied by the bank, but was not.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsBut in one respect the currency notes helped to maintain the country's gold standard.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
British Dictionary definitions for currency
/ (ˈkʌrənsɪ) /
a metal or paper medium of exchange that is in current use in a particular country
general acceptance or circulation; prevalence: the currency of ideas
the period of time during which something is valid, accepted, or in force
the act of being passed from person to person
Australian (formerly) the local medium of exchange, esp in the colonies, as distinct from sterling
Australian slang
(formerly) the native-born Australians, as distinct from the British immigrants
(as modifier): a currency lad
Origin of currency
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for currency
Any form of money in actual use as a medium of exchange.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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