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单词 currency
释义 cur·ren·cy
\ˈkər.ənsē, ˈkə.rə-, -si\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Medieval Latin currentia flowing, from Latin current-, currens (present participle of currere to run) + -ia
1.
 a. : circulation as a medium of exchange
  < the currency of these coins >
 b. : circulation : general use : general acceptance : the fact of being commonly accepted, used, and repeated : prevalence
  < a story that enjoyed wide currency >
  < a version that gained currency >
  — used chiefly of reports, sayings, and ideas
 c. : the time of such currency : the time during which something is current
  < a test to ensure that he can do a satisfactory weld … throughout the currency of the work — S.C.Robertson >
2.
 a. : something that is in circulation as a medium of exchange including coin, government notes, and bank notes
  < the silver currency >
  < the note currency >
  < the use of beads as minor currency in Africa — advt >
 b. : paper money in circulation
  < the gift purse contained both coin and currency >
 c.
  (1) : the amount of paper and metallic money in circulation
  (2) : the amount of paper money in circulation
 d. : a common article for bartering
  < tobacco being the currency of the colony >
  < furs as currency in dealing with the natives >
 e. : a medium of intellectual exchange or expression
  < ideas are the currency of the few — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude >
  < neither side possessed any currency but clichés — Jan Struther >
  < sadism is the currency in which every activity is expressed when its organized forms are … frustrated — Abram Kardiner >
 f. : a set of values and designations used in certain British colonies instead of the legal values and proper designations of the English coinage system
  < six pence in currency equals three pence in sterling >
3. : a native-born Australian
 < his currency sons and daughters >
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