2. The state or quality of being current; general acceptance
or reception; a passing from person to person, or from
hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or
general currency; the currency of bank notes.
3. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as
having or representing value; as, the currency of a
country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes
circulating as a substitute for metallic money.
4. Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.]
5. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which
anything is generally valued.
He . . . takes greatness of kingdoms according to
their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic
value. --Bacon.
The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a
transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.
--W. Irving.