current /kərˈ or kurˈənt/

1. Belonging to the period of time now passing
2. Up-to-date
3. Present
4. Generally or widely received
5. Passing from person to person

1. A running or flowing
2. A stream
3. A portion of water or air moving in a certain direction
4. A flow of electricity
5. Course

currˈency noun

1. That which circulates, esp the money of a country
2. Circulation
3. General acceptance or prevalence
4. Up-to-dateness
5. Native-born Australians collectively, as opposed to immigrants (old Aust sl)

currˈently adverb

currˈentness noun

currency note noun

A treasury note (qv under treasure)

current account noun

A bank account on which one is usu not paid interest and from which money may be withdrawn by cheque

current affairs plural noun

Important political, financial, and social events currently happening

current assets plural noun (finance)

Short term assets generated by operations, likely to convert to cash within one year

current bedding noun (geology)

False bedding

current coil noun (elec eng)

A coil connected in series with a circuit and therefore carrying the main current

currˈent-cost adjective (accounting)

Of a system that values assets at the current cost of replacement (cf historic cost under history)

current density noun (physics)

The ratio between the electric current flowing in a conductor and the cross-sectional area of the conductor

current liabilities plural noun (finance)

Liabilities due to be paid to creditors within a year

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