currency
Money or other items used to facilitate transactionsMoney or other items used to facilitate transactions.
» Where can I exchange foreign currency?
Wo kann ich ausländische Währung wechseln? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Где я могу обменять иностранную валюту? — odexed
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
Währung
валю́таvaljúta
валю́таvaljúta
(countable, uncountable)Paper money.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
The jargon’s currency.
распространённостьrasprostranjónnostʹ, употреби́тельностьupotrebítelʹnostʹ
general acceptance or use
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Fluency; readiness of utterance.
Examples
155 sentencesWhere can I exchange foreign currency?
ruГде я могу обменять иностранную валюту? — odexed
deWo kann ich ausländische Währung wechseln? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Currency and bond markets are relatively calm.
Where is the currency exchange?
European currencies weakened against the dollar.
ruЕвропейские валюты ослабли по отношению к доллару. — odexed
The authorities managed to stabilize the currency.
ruВластям удалось стабилизировать курс валюты. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia. By surface analysis, current + -cy.Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia. By surface analysis, current + -cy.
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Forms
plural: currencies| Singular | currency |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the property of belonging to the present time:currentnessup-to-dateness
Word family
49 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable