as in cash
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
I prefer to carry only paper currency, as coins are too heavy
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Recent Examples of currency
The recent dramatic upward swings in the currency were largely driven by exporters’ rush to convert U.S. dollar reserves to the local currency as the U.S. dollar faltered, and life insurers’ intensified hedging for their U.S. dollar debt holdings, experts said.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 May 2025
The former British colony still pegs the value of its currency to that of the US dollar.
—Juliana Liu, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
How Trump Could Dethrone the Dollar The world’s reserve currency may not survive the weaponization of U.S. economic power.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
The Bears traded away a massive amount of draft currency, sending the 49ers a four-pack of picks — Nos. 3, 67 and 111 in that year’s draft plus a 2018 third-rounder — to slide up one peg to No. 2 on the draft board to draft Mitch Trubisky, a quarterback at North Carolina.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 May 2025
The former British colony still pegs the value of its currency to that of the US dollar.
—Juliana Liu, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
How Trump Could Dethrone the Dollar The world’s reserve currency may not survive the weaponization of U.S. economic power.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
The Bears traded away a massive amount of draft currency, sending the 49ers a four-pack of picks — Nos. 3, 67 and 111 in that year’s draft plus a 2018 third-rounder — to slide up one peg to No. 2 on the draft board to draft Mitch Trubisky, a quarterback at North Carolina.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for currency
Noun
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The cash is transferred in minutes, though this depends on your bank.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
10 May 2025
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The farm is 37 minutes west of Kansas City and is cash only.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2025
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Combs himself might have alluded to a propensity to stash money away in the 1997 hit that helped launch his rapping career after years as a producer and impresario.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Opening Brands To New Strategies Beyond saving money, generative visuals enable entirely new strategies: • Localization: Tailor visuals to different regions (e.g., winter in New York, summer in Sydney) with just a few clicks.—
Zehra Soysal,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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That’s how many people lost money on Trump’s meme coin, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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And his whole presidency began with launching tools for bribery, meme coins to fleece working people and move around money in the dark, extortion settlements from media companies and law firms who gladly pay them.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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“Currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currency. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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