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# currency

noun (a currency, currencies; currency, uncountable)

«currency» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A currency is the kind of money used in a country, such as the dollar, the pound or the euro. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#m1)
2. Currency is money in general, as coins and notes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#m2)
3. If an idea has currency, many people accept or use it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths and money lessons, children learn the currency of their country, count coins and notes, and change one currency into another using an exchange rate. In travel and social studies different countries use different currencies. Phrases: foreign currency, local currency, exchange currency, the currency of.

### Examples

- The currency of the USA is the US dollar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x1)
- The UK uses the pound as its currency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x2)
- Ireland uses the euro. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x3)
- Australia, Canada and New Zealand each have their own dollar currency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x4)
- We changed our money into the local currency at the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x5)
- In the game, gold coins are the currency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x6)
- Bitcoin is a kind of digital currency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x7)
- With the present instalment the tale of English Fairy Stories that are likely to obtain currency among the young folk is complete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/#x8)

### Note

Countable for kinds of money (two currencies), uncountable for money in general. Spelling: double r, «-ency». In maths problems, keep the same currency in all numbers; units like $, £, € and ¢ show which currency.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «currency» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/currency/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«currency» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/currency.html) on Mova free.