Noun

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.

Paper money.

* 1943 , (William Saroyan), , chapter 3,

Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.

The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.

The jargon’s currency .

(obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance

(obsolete) 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. — Francis Bacon.

The bare name of Englishman too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. — W. Irving.

Noun

(wikipedia economy) (economies)

Effective management of the resources of a community or system.

Collective focus of the study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.

Frugal use of resources.

* Jonathan Swift

I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease.

The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.

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(theology) The method of divine government of the world.

(archaic) Management of one’s (l).