currency
part of speech
noun (a currency, currencies; currency, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) A currency is the kind of money used in a country, such as the dollar, the pound or the euro. tree →
2) Currency is money in general, as coins and notes. tree →
3) If an idea has currency, many people accept or use it. tree →
sense 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 →
- The UK uses the pound as its currency. tree →
- Ireland uses the euro. tree →
- Australia, Canada and New Zealand each have their own dollar currency. tree →
- We changed our money into the local currency at the airport. tree →
- In the game, gold coins are the currency. tree →
- Bitcoin is a kind of digital currency. tree →
- With the present instalment the tale of English Fairy Stories that are likely to obtain currency among the young folk is complete. tree →
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.
In the corpora
- Never give your password to anyone except your parents; offers of free game currency for a password are scams.
- Codes and currency sold cheaply by other kids or strangers are often stolen or fake; only official shops are safe.
- A currency is the kind of money a country uses.
- About twenty European countries, including Ireland, France and Spain, share one currency, the euro.
- The exchange rate tells you how much of one currency you get for another, and it changes from day to day.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «currency» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.