currency
21currency — cur|ren|cy W2 [ˈkʌrənsi US ˈkə:r ] n plural currencies [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: currentia flowing , from Latin currere; CURRENT1] 1.) [U and C] the system or type of money that a country uses ▪ The bank can supply you with… …
22currency — [[t]kʌ̱rənsi, AM kɜ͟ːr [/t]] ♦♦♦ currencies 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 …
23Currency — A generally accepted form of money, including coins and paper notes, which is issued by a government and circulated within an economy. Used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, currency is the basis for trade. Generally speaking, each… …
24Currency — The Israel pound (lira Yisraelit) became the first currency of the modern state of Israel in August 1948. It replaced the Palestine pound that had been introduced by Great Britain in 1927 and was subdivided into 1,000 mils. Pursuant to the… …
25Currency — The former Italian unit of currency was the lira (lire in the plural form). Its origins lie in the monetary reforms of Charlemagne, undertaken between 793 and 794. Twenty soldior 240 denari constituted a lira. By the 13th century, there were… …
26currency — Synonyms and related words: PR, and pence, averageness, ballyhoo, blurb, bon ton, bright light, cash, celebrity, circulating medium, coin, coinage, coined liberty, cold cash, common knowledge, commonality, commonness, commonplaceness, cry,… …
27currency — cur|ren|cy [ kʌrənsi ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the system of money used in a particular country: the buying and selling of foreign currencies the single European currency a ) money that is used in a particular country: You can use credit… …
28currency — A system of *money that is widely accepted as a medium of exchange in a specific country or region. Gold is often considered to be an international currency, owing to its acceptability throughout the world. See also *hard currency, *soft currency …
29currency — / kʌrənsɪ/ noun 1. money in coins and notes which is used in a particular country 2. a foreign currency, the currency of another country (NOTE: =Currency has no plural when it refers to the money of one country:… …
30Currency — After rocky fiscal experiments with paper money throughout most of the 19th century, the Habsburg Empire moved to the gold standard in 1892. The long circulating gulden was replaced by crowns and heller, with 100 heller equal to 1 crown.… …
