plural currencies
Definition of currency
1a : circulation as a medium of exchange
b : general use, acceptance, or prevalence
a story gaining currency
c : the quality or state of being current : currentness needed to check the accuracy and currency of the information
2a : something (such as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes) that is in circulation as a medium of exchange
b : paper money in circulation
c : a common article for bartering
Furs were once used as currency.
d : a medium of verbal or intellectual expression
… neither side possessed any currency but clichés …— Jan Struther
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The first known use of currency was in 1624
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