currency

Plural: currencies

Noun

• A system of money in general use in a particular country.
• the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
• general acceptance or use
  • "the currency of ideas"
• the property of belonging to the present time
  • "the currency of a slang term"
• Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
• Paper money.
• The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
• Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
• Fluency; readiness of utterance.

Examples

• In Words With Friends, high-scoring words are the true CURRENCY of victory.
• The jargon’s currency.
• Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.

Synonyms

currentness, up-to-dateness

Related Words

course, current