Currency

Definition

currency /'kʌrǝnsi/ n ၁။ [C,U] (တိုင္းျပည္တစ္ခုရိွ) ေငြေၾကးစနစ္။ (အသံုးျပဳေသာ) ေငြေၾကး။ gold/ paper currency ❍ decimal currency ❍ trading in foreign currencies ❍ supporters of a single European currency ❍ a currency crisis/ deal. See also HARD CURRENCY ၂။ [U] အမ်ားလက္ခံမႈ။ က်ယ္က်ယ္ျပန္႔ျပန္႔သံုးစြဲမႈ။ ideas which had enjoyed a brief currency (ie were briefly popular) during the 18th century ❍ The rumour soon gained currency (ie became widespread). ❍ Newspaper stories gave currency to the scandal (ie spread it).

Examples

1. The buying and selling of foreign currencies
2. The single European currency
3. You can use credit cards but it’s best to take some currency as well.
4. All the modernist styles have become common currency.
5. [gain currency] : The idea of withdrawing from the war has gained wide currency.