currencies

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.