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currency
noun ( currencies )
1 the system of money, or the coins and notes, in use in a country.
2 general acceptance or popularity, especially of an idea, theory, etc.
3 the period of time during which something is current.
4 modernity.
[17c: from Latin currere to run]


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current
adjective
1 generally accepted.
2 belonging to the present current affairs .
3 in circulation; valid.
noun
1 the continuous steady flow of a body of water, air, heat, etc in a particular direction.
2 the rate of flow of electric charge through a conductor per unit time.
3 an electric current .
4 a popular trend or tendency.
[15c as adj 3; 13c in archaic sense -flowing-: from French corant , from Latin currere to run]
currently adverb at the present time.


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current account
noun a bank account from which money or cheques can be drawn without notice, and on which little or no interest is paid.


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