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currency

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Related topics: Currencies
cur·ren·cy /ˈkʌrənsi $ ˈkɜːr-/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun (plural currencies)  
1  PEC[countableC, uncountableU] the system or type of money that a country uses 货币，通货
 The bank can supply you with foreign currency.
这家银行能为你提供外币。
5 There are moves towards a single currency in Europe.
欧洲有向单一货币发展的趋势。
n The euro is the single currency for 12 of the European Union’s 15 member states.
 The local currency is the Swiss franc.
当地的货币是瑞士法郎。
→ hard currency► see thesaurus at money
2  [uncountableU]USE something the state of being accepted or used by a lot of people 流传，通行；被接受，传播
 The argument has received wide currency.
这一论点被广泛接受了。
 Marxism began to gain currency.
马克思主义开始被许多人接受。
 The idea was common currency in European political life.
这一观点在欧洲的政治生活中被广泛接受。
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + currency
foreign currency (=the type of money that other countries use)
You can buy foreign currency at the post office.
the local/national currency (=the type of money that a particular country uses)
The local currency of Zambia is the 'kwacha'.
a single currency (=one currency for the countries in Europe)
Britain does not use the single currency.
a hard/strong currency (=currency from a country with a strong economy)
They accept American dollars and other hard currencies.
weak (=from a country with a weak economy)
The fund was set up to support weak currencies.
stable (=not likely to rise or fall suddenly)
The government want to maintain a stable currency.
verbs
change/convert currency (=change money from one currency to another)
There’s usually a charge for converting currencies.
devalue the currency (=reduce the value of a country’s money in relation to other currencies)
The Finance Minister was forced to devalue the currency.
a currency rises/falls (=it goes up or down in relation to other currencies)
The currency fell from 144 to the dollar twelve months ago to 812.
currency + NOUN
currency exchange (=the process of changing from one country’s currency to another)
Banks make good profits on currency exchange.
the currency markets (=the financial markets where currencies are bought and sold)
the dollar’s recent rise on the currency markets
currency movements/fluctuations (=changes in the values of currencies)
Global trends such as oil prices influence currency movements.
Examples from the Corpus
currency• Bank credit card vouchers and traveller's cheques and foreign currencies are entered on separate paying-in slips.• It earns foreign currency by selling Pitcairn stamps, which used to be popular with collectors.• Local banks give better rates for converting your traveler's checks into foreign currency.• A lot of the food grown in Mexico is exported to earn hard currency.• It is almost as if there is an orchestrated campaign to take hard currency out of the market-place.• We soon got used to using Italian currency.• What's the local currency in Malta?• The minimum balance is US$1,000 or the equivalent in the major currencies and US$3,000 otherwise.• The Euro will eventually replace European national currencies.• One definition is exchanged for another, semantic currency is taken from one discursive economy and converted into the currency of another.• You can argue about the single currency but you can't opt out of the European Single Market.• Investors continued to swap yen for the currencies of nations that offer higher interest rates.• Moreover, the reform process itself is part of the currency of political debate.• The dollar is now the overwhelming world currency.
wide currency• Oral tradition was written down and gained a wider currency than ever before.• The idea of time travel enjoys wide currency in 20th century fiction.• This belief gained wide currency among Sinhalese of all social strata in the twentieth century.• Nevertheless the suggestion that structuralism and poststructuralism have denied history is a persuasive one which now has wide currency.• These are key ideas in the dominant ideology of patriarchy which have much wider currency and impact than in penology.• This argument has received wide currency, in part because it again presents Gloucester as the victim of circumstances rather than their manipulator.
From Longman Business Dictionary
currencycur·ren·cy /ˈkʌrənsiˈkɜːr-/ (written abbreviation cur) noun (plural currencies)FINANCE
1[countableC, uncountableU] the system or type of money used in a particular country
The local currency is the rupee.
The dollar was lower against European currencies.
→ see also basket of currencies
→ blocked currency → convertible currency → decimal currency → domestic currency → fixed currency → floating currency → foreign currency → hard currency → non-convertible currency → paper currency → pegged currency → reserve currency → single currency → soft currency
2[uncountableU]ECONOMICS in the US, banknotes and coins, especially when considered as part of the MONEY SUPPLY (=the amount of money in an economy at a particular time)
The money supply, essentially the sum of all currency and bank deposits, barely grew in the fourth quarter.
Origin currency
(1600-1700) Medieval Latin currentia “flowing”, from Latin currere; → CURRENT1
cur·ren·cy noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2114 COCA: 3738
currency

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 1money used in a particular country貨幣ADJECTIVE | VERB + CURRENCY | CURRENCY + VERB | CURRENCY + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤domestic國內貨幣▸➤foreign外幣◇They prefer to be paid in foreign currencies.他們更願接受外幣付款。➤common, global, international通用／全球／國際貨幣◇US dollars are considered common currency in international transactions.美元被視為國際交易的通用貨幣。➤local當地貨幣◇You can convert sterling into the local currency.你可以把英鎊換成當地貨幣。➤national本國貨幣▸➤European, Japanese, etc.歐洲、日本等貨幣▸➤single單一貨幣◇the single European currency歐洲單一貨幣➤major主要貨幣▸➤stable, strong穩定的／堅挺的貨幣◇A stable currency means that your savings do not diminish in value.穩定的貨幣意味着你的存款不會貶值。➤weak疲軟貨幣▸➤hard硬通貨➤paper紙幣➤official官方貨幣▸➤convertible可兌換貨幣➤reserve儲備貨幣VERB + CURRENCY➤change, convert sth into, convert sth to, exchange兌換貨幣；把⋯換成⋯貨幣▸➤buy, sell買貨幣；賣貨幣➤issue發行貨幣➤use使用貨幣▸➤devalue使貨幣貶值➤revalue調整幣值▸➤support扶持貨幣◇The fund supports weak currencies.這項基金扶持疲軟貨幣。➤peg, tie使貨幣掛鈎◇Argentina's currency was pegged to the dollar.阿根廷的貨幣與美元掛鈎。➤float浮動幣值CURRENCY + VERB➤rise幣值上升▸➤depreciate, fall貨幣貶值；幣值下跌▸➤float, fluctuate貨幣匯率浮動；幣值波動◇For four months all major currencies floated.所有主要貨幣的匯率 4 個月來一直浮動。◇The system allows currencies to fluctuate within certain limits.這一機制容許幣值在一定的限度內波動。CURRENCY + NOUN➤conversion, exchange, translation貨幣轉換／兌換／折算◇The disappointing profits are due to unfavourable / unfavorable currency translations.貨幣折算上的損失導致盈利不盡如人意。➤markets貨幣市場◇They make money by speculating on the currency markets.他們通過在貨幣市場投機賺錢。➤deal, dealing, speculation, trade, trading貨幣買賣；貨幣投機；貨幣交易▸➤dealer, speculator, trader貨幣交易商；貨幣投機者▸➤crisis貨幣危機▸➤fluctuation, movements幣值波動／變動▸➤devaluation貨幣貶值▸➤system貨幣制度▸➤reform貨幣改革▸➤reserves貨幣儲備➤board貨幣委員會PREPOSITION➤in...currency以⋯貨幣◇She had $500 in foreign currency.她有 500 美元的外幣。
currency

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 2being believed/accepted/used by many people通用；流行ADJECTIVE | VERB + CURRENCY ADJECTIVE➤common, general, wide, widespread普遍通行；廣泛流行➤new新流行➤cultural, political, social文化／政治／社會通行VERB + CURRENCY➤enjoy, have流行◇This belief has general currency.這種信仰廣泛流行。➤gain開始流行◇How did the idea gain currency?這種觀念是怎樣流行起來的？

See also: Currencies

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2114 COCA: 3738
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2114 COCA: 3738
currency
Currency and currencies: a run on something, base currency, basket...
Approval: approval, backing, assent...

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