currency
Translation
currency, money, prevalence
Examples
What is the currency of Japan?
What is the currency of Japan?
The idea gained currency in the 1990s.
The idea gained currency in the 1990s.
Grammar Patterns
the currency ((of sth.)) the money used in a country What is the currency of Brazil?
((sth.)) gain(s) currency to become common or accepted That idea is gaining currency.
Similar Words
Synonyms: money, cash, coinage; (abstract sense) prevalence, acceptance
Etymology
From Latin 'currere' (to run), meaning 'a flowing'. Money 'runs' or circulates through an economy.
Memory Tips
Think of an electrical 'current' that flows. Currency is the money that 'flows' through a country's economy.