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Currency

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
currency (noun)
1.
a) circulation as a medium of exchange
b) general use, acceptance, or prevalence - a story gaining currency
c) the quality or state of being - current currentness
2.
a) something (as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes) that is in circulation as a medium of exchange
b) paper money in circulation
c) a common article for bartering
d) a medium of verbal or intellectual expression
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
currency (noun)
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
SYNONYMS:
bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack, kale, legal tender, lolly, long green, loot, lucre, moola ( moolah), needful, pelf, scratch, shekels ( sheqels shekelim shekalim sheqalim), tender, wampum
RELATED WORDS:
coinage, specie; dead presidents [], folding money, paper money, scrip; banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note; bill, dollar, greenback; bankroll, capital, finances, funds, roll [], wad, wallet; chump change, dibs [], dime, mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring; big bucks, bomb [], boodle, bundle, earth, fortune, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [], pile, pot; abundance, means, opulence, riches, treasure, wealth; resources, wherewithal; mad money, petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money
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