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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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Currency

Currency (currency)
n.(k?r"r?n-c?)
Cur"ren*cy
; 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.] Ayliffe.
  2. The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes.
  3. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money.
  4. Fluency; readiness of utterance.
    [Obs.]
  5. 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.
    Bacon.

    The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.
    W. Irving.














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