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 national currency fell about 12 percent to an all-time low of 42 Turkish lira to the dollar before recovering some of its losses.
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Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
By validating transactions within the blockchain database, these investors legitimize the currency for its user base.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Monday's announcement is the latest push to honor Tubman on the currency and remove Jackson, the country's seventh president and a slaveholder.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
Which means bitcoin isn’t at all like gold, a metal that rises when the currencies in which it’s priced are falling, and falls in the currencies in which it’s priced are rising.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
By validating transactions within the blockchain database, these investors legitimize the currency for its user base.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Monday's announcement is the latest push to honor Tubman on the currency and remove Jackson, the country's seventh president and a slaveholder.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
Which means bitcoin isn’t at all like gold, a metal that rises when the currencies in which it’s priced are falling, and falls in the currencies in which it’s priced are rising.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for currency
Noun
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There are plenty of companies buying houses for cash these days.—
KC Property Group,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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At the end of 2025, Manchester United would have run out of cash.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, she was fired in March 1995 when it was discovered money was missing.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
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All of that equates to more money circulating through Granbury’s small businesses.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2025
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If true, good for those outside government in possession of digital wallets, and too bad for those outside government with digital wallets assuming the coins collapse.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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On the other side of the coin, a considerable amount of research is being devoted to assessing the potential for chatbots to improve mental health in therapy.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currency. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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