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- pronunciation:
- kuhr
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si
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
currencies |
| definition 1: |
any money in circulation as a valid means of trade or exchange.
Before adopting the euro, Italy used the lira as its chief unit of currency.Where can we exchange our foreign currency?
- similar words:
- cash, money
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| definition 2: |
widespread acceptance.
These old-fashioned ideas have little currency nowadays. |
| related words: |
bill, money, note, tender |
adjective + (n.)currency
common,
convertible,
counterfeit,
devalued,
domestic,
electronic,
fixed,
floating,
foreign,
global,
hand-to-hand,
hard,
local,
major,
multiple,
official,
overvalued,
precious,
regional,
reserve,
single,
stable,
unified,
valuable,
weak
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verb + (n.)currency
adopt,
bet,
convert,
defend,
denominate,
devalue,
earn,
exchange,
export,
gain,
hedge,
intervene,
introduce,
invest,
issue,
manipulate,
print,
prop,
stabilize,
strengthen,
trade
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(n.)currency
+ verb
appreciate, boost, circulate, collapse, float, inflate, link, peg, regulate, weaken
noun + (n.)currency
bank,
banking,
basket,
bond,
collapse,
comptroller,
creation,
debt,
dollar,
fiat,
hedge,
introduction,
rate,
revaluation,
ruble,
shortage,
southeast,
stock,
unemployment,
value,
volatility,
yen
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The word currency
contains the following parts:
cur1, curr, cor1, corr, curs, cour1, cours
Latin
root
that means to run
  Example words:
concourse, concur, concurrent, corral, corridor, corsair, courier, course, courser, currency, current, curriculum, cursive, cursory, discourse, excursion, incur, incursion, intercourse, occur, occurrence, precursor, recourse, recur
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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