01 n. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.
pl.
Currencies ((-s�z))
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1.
A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.[Obs.]
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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.“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.