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

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/, /ˈkɝ.ən.si/

currency

1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

   Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.

2. (more specifically) Paper money.
3. The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.

   The jargon’s currency.

4. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
   • a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC ↗:

     He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.

   • 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “English Writers on America”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC ↗, page 112 ↗:

     The bare name of Englishman […] too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.

5. (obsolete) Fluency; readiness of utterance.

• current
• course

• French: monnaie, devise, numéraire
• German: Währung
• Italian: valuta
• Portuguese: moeda
• Russian: валю́та
• Spanish: moneda

• French: billet de banque (literally)

• French: courant
• Russian: распространённость