currency

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin currēns, from currō.

noun

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 or recognition.
   The jargon’s currency.
4. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
5. (obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance