currency
♦ cur|ren|cy /k'ʌrənsi, AM k'ɜːr-/ (currencies)
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The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency.
Tourism is the country's top earner of foreign currency...
More people favour a single European currency than oppose it.
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If a custom, idea, or word has currency, it is used and accepted by a lot of people at a particular time. (FORMAL)
`Loop' is one of those computer words that has gained currency in society.
= acceptance
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see also common currencycom|mon cur|ren|cy
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If you say that an idea or belief has become common currency, you mean it is widely used and accepted.
The story that she was trapped in a loveless marriage became common currency.hard cur|ren|cy (hard currencies)
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A hard currency is one which is unlikely to lose its value and so is considered to be a good one to have or to invest in.
The government is running short of hard currency to pay for imports.
1 [N-VAR]
The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency.
Tourism is the country's top earner of foreign currency...
More people favour a single European currency than oppose it.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If a custom, idea, or word has currency, it is used and accepted by a lot of people at a particular time. (FORMAL)
`Loop' is one of those computer words that has gained currency in society.
= acceptance
3
see also common currencycom|mon cur|ren|cy
[N-UNCOUNT]
If you say that an idea or belief has become common currency, you mean it is widely used and accepted.
The story that she was trapped in a loveless marriage became common currency.hard cur|ren|cy (hard currencies)
[N-VAR]
A hard currency is one which is unlikely to lose its value and so is considered to be a good one to have or to invest in.
The government is running short of hard currency to pay for imports.