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
Credibility will become currency in this system as agents learn how to avoid untrusted sources.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
The app includes straightforward instructions and prompts, simplifying the process of handling digital currencies for users.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 June 2025
To address this chaos, and to help fund the war against the Confederacy, Lincoln’s government eventually passed the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864, which imposed stricter capital and reserve requirements on banks and helped to create a single national currency.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
The currency is used in a number of ways, including for payments and futures trading.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 June 2025
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
The app includes straightforward instructions and prompts, simplifying the process of handling digital currencies for users.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 June 2025
To address this chaos, and to help fund the war against the Confederacy, Lincoln’s government eventually passed the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864, which imposed stricter capital and reserve requirements on banks and helped to create a single national currency.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
The currency is used in a number of ways, including for payments and futures trading.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for currency
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Members also get Walmart cash rebates on travel services.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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To model what this distribution — which will begin when the first baby bonds recipients turn 18 in 2041 — will look like, the cash catalyst program will also focus on giving money to people between the ages of 18 and 30.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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If companies needed money from the markets, the markets had their sources of capital appropriately drawn from those with ample surplus funds, including banks and bond issuers with the populace’s money.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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In October, the project got a boost when the Department of Transportation under President Joe Biden approved Miami-Dade for $389 million toward the Northeast Corridor, money requiring congressional approval that’s still pending.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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The interactive cash register uses a toy credit card, coins, a scanner, and a number pad to teach everything from shopping phrases to food, numbers, and songs.—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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Before 1985, the team picking first overall had been determined through a coin flip between the worst teams in each conference.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
25 June 2025
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“Currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currency. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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