common currency

common currency — UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular common currency plural common currencies] economics a money system used in more than one state or country Thesaurus: currency and currencies …   Useful english dictionary

common currency — n [U] used to say that something is used by a lot of people or accepted by everyone ▪ Words like spliff and blunt have become common currency …   Dictionary of contemporary English

common currency — noun count or uncount a money system used in more than one state or country …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

common currency — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms common currency : singular common currency plural common currencies economics a money system used in more than one state or country • be/become common currency to be or become something that a lot… …   English dictionary

common currency — N UNCOUNT If you say that an idea or belief has become common currency, you mean it is widely used and accepted. The story that she was trapped in a loveless marriage became common currency …   English dictionary

be common currency — be/become/common currency phrase to be or become something that a lot of people know about and talk about Stories of the President’s infidelities became common currency. Thesaurus: to be, or to become knownsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

become common currency — be/become/common currency phrase to be or become something that a lot of people know about and talk about Stories of the President’s infidelities became common currency. Thesaurus: to be, or to become knownsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

Currency union — World trade A series on Trade …   Wikipedia

Currency of Spanish America — This article provides an outline of the currency of Spanish America (las Indias, the Indies) from Spanish colonization in the 15th century until Spanish American independencies in the 19th. This great realm was divided into the Viceroyalty of New …   Wikipedia

currency — noun 1 money used in a particular country ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic ▪ foreign ▪ They prefer to be paid in foreign currencies. ▪ common, global, international …   Collocations dictionary

Common Monetary Area — The Common Monetary Area (CMA) links South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland into a monetary union. It is allied to the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Namibia automatically became a member upon independence, but withdrew with the introduction …   Wikipedia