\Cur"ren*cy\ (k?r"r?n-c?), n.; pl. {Currencies} (-s?z).
[Cf. LL. currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of
currere to run. See {Current}.]
1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a
   stream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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.