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ccy

ccy is the abbreviation of currency.

Meaning of currency

Noun

currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)

  1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
    • Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
  2. (more specifically) Paper money.
    • Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.1943, William Saroyan, chapter 3, in The Human Comedy
  3. The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
    • The jargon’s currency.
  4. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
    • He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount...
  5. (obsolete) Fluency; readiness of utterance.

Questions about ccy

What is ccy the abbreviation of?
Ccy is the abbreviation of currency.

Words near ccy in the dictionary

  1. CCVOs
  2. CCVs
  3. CCW
  4. CCWF
  5. CCWs
  6. ccy
  7. cd
  8. CD burner
  9. CD burners
  10. CD changer
  11. CD changers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ccy (page history and authors); currency (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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