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01. European countries now share a common [currency] known as the euro.
02. With the economy failing, the shopkeepers would only accept payment in foreign [currencies].
03. The value of the Mexican [currency] will probably increase with the election of a new government.
04. The [currency] of New Zealand still carries pictures of the Queen.
05. My friend's dad used to be a truck driver in Europe, and he had [currency] from about 15 different countries, which he gave me when he heard that I was a coin collector.
06. The [currencies] of the U.S., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are all based on the dollar.
07. Thomas Jefferson once said that information is the [currency] of democracy.
08. For many years, beaver furs were a unit of [currency] in Canada.
09. For a time, it was the custom to use eggs as a form of [currency] in France.
10. Twelve nations celebrated the launch of the new Euro [currency] on January 1, 2002.
11. In the dry country of Botswana, the name of the national [currency], the pula, means "rain."
12. Liechtenstein does not have its own [currency], but uses the Swiss franc.
13. The Thai [currency] is the baht.
14. Due largely to its diamond exports, Botswana had about $2 billion in foreign [currency] reserves in 1989.
15. In the south of Sudan, cattle are used as [currency], as well as providing food, drink, clothing, and fuel.
16. As of the year 2000, the [currency] of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is almost totally worthless, so most transactions are conducted using American dollars.
17. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikstan has become an independent republic, but it still uses the Russian [currency], the ruble.
18. Solid blocks of tea were used as [currency] in Siberia until the 19th century.

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  • Currency — Cur ren*cy (k?r r?n c?), n.; pl. {Currencies} ( s?z). [Cf. LL. currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • currency — I noun bank notes, bills, cash, circulating medium, coin, government notes, hard cash, legal tender, medium of exchange, moneta, money, money in actual use, notes, paper money, ready money, specie associated concepts: lawful currency II index… …   Law dictionary

  • currency — [kʉr′ən sē] n. pl. currencies [ML currentia, a current < L currens: see CURRENT] 1. a continual passing from hand to hand, as of a medium of exchange; circulation ☆ 2. the money in circulation in any country; often, specif., paper money 3.… …   English World dictionary

  • Currency — (engl., spr. Körrensi), das umlaufende Geld, bes. Papiergeld. Currencyleute, die in der Verbrechercolonie in Neu Süd Wales Geborenen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Currency — (spr. körrenßi), der englische Ausdruck für Kurant, erweitert auf alle gesetzlichen Zahlungsmittel, deren Annahme nicht verweigert werden darf. Im engern Sinne versteht man unter C. in Amerika nur Papiergeld und Banknoten. Ost werden aber auch (z …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Currency — (engl., spr. körrĕnßi), in England und Nordamerika das umlaufende Geld, bes. das Papiergeld. Currencyschule, Anhänger der vollen metallischen Deckung aller Banknoten, oder doch der Beschränkung des Notenwesens; Gegensatz: Bankschule, der die… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Currency — (Körrensi), in England das umlaufende Geld …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • currency — (n.) 1650s, condition of flowing, from L. currens, prp. of currere to run (see CURRENT (Cf. current) (adj.)); the sense of a flow or course extended 1699 (by John Locke) to circulation of money …   Etymology dictionary

  • currency — cash, *money, legal tender, specie, coin, coinage …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • currency — [n] paper and coin money of a country almighty dollar*, bills, bread*, cabbage*, cash, chicken feed*, coinage, coins, cold cash*, dinero*, dough*, folding money, green stuff*, legal tender, medium of exchange, moolah*, notes, piece of change*,… …   New thesaurus

  • currency — ► NOUN (pl. currencies) 1) a system of money in general use in a particular country. 2) the quality or period of being current …   English terms dictionary

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