Synonym: cash, legal tender, money. Similar words: current, currently, agency, curriculum, frequency, tendency, blackcurrant, emergency. Meaning: ['kʌrənsɪ] n. 1. the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used 2. general acceptance or use 3. a current state of general acceptance and use 4. the property of belonging to the present time.
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151 A similar argument can be made for currency boards, on which Schuler had enthused earlier.
152 The idea of time travel enjoys wide currency in 20th century fiction.
153 But Schro der's leftwing government adopted a less rigid stance on foreign currency.
154 The crisis and the government's decision to abandon its currency controls hit the already fragile banking system hard.
155 Does that mean that every Opposition Member who supports the amendment tonight is fully in favour of a single currency?
156 They were bartered for Western currency,(Sentencedict.com ) sold by families desperate for money to buy food.
157 It is almost as if there is an orchestrated campaign to take hard currency out of the market-place.
158 But carrying large amounts of foreign currency to settle the bills is anything but a joy.
159 Predictably, as Table 3.4 confirms, their liabilities are overwhelmingly in foreign currency and are heavily weighted towards time deposits.
160 Derivatives are contracts whose values are tied to an underlying security, such as a foreign currency or a bond.
161 He resigned as chairman after an external audit criticised the way Lauda Air handled foreign currency transactions.
162 It simply agreed a timetable for producing a single currency by, at the latest, 1999 - with or without Britain.
163 It gained currency during the period of national reawakening in the nineteenth century.
164 And it should be leased, not bought, and the purchasing agreement should be protected against swings in currency.
165 Yet there could be no more symbolic act of defiance than a currency with a separate exchange rate against the rouble.
166 We sometimes bill shipments in currencies other than the local currency - US$ would be an example.
167 The main areas of growth have been in inter-bank deposits, certificates of deposit and the foreign currency markets.
168 But they have been reawakened by a pummeled currency and stock market, business collapses, soaring unemployment and rising consumer prices.
169 These are combined to give an overall requirement which is grossed up for tax and converted into the local currency.
170 When the dollar rises, yen-based investors benefit from both the appreciation of their investment and the currency.
171 The restrictions were initially adopted as a temporary measure designed to slow down the flight of foreign currency reserves from the country.
172 Located in prominent positions, and as official monuments lacking avant-garde credibility, they have little artistic currency.
173 The full benefits of a single currency will come through, which will benefit Britain and the entire Community.
174 These include the need for foreign currency and the attraction of foreign companies and their interests in developing economies.
175 This currency could be accumulated by holding, for example, the proceeds of foreign trade sold for foreign currency.
176 Nevertheless the suggestion that structuralism and poststructuralism have denied history is a persuasive one which now has wide currency.
177 Like many corporations, Hewlett-Packard also guards against wild currency swings and huge losses on overseas deals by using cautious trading strategies.
178 Linked to the Mafia he was also behind counterfeit currency scams and drug trafficking.
179 But then, of course, I knew how that idea had gained currency.
180 Membership also provides extra ammunition to defend the pound if currency markets take fright at the election result.
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