currency

通貨

ある国で使われているお金の種類。

やさしい英語で： The money used in a particular country.

• What currency do they use there?
• We exchanged our money for local currency.
• The bank deals in several foreign currencies.

類義語： money

よく使う表現： foreign currency, local currency, currency exchange

通貨、支払手段

売買や交換で、代金として受け入れられるお金や物。

やさしい英語で： Money or other things people accept as payment when buying or exchanging goods.

• They used shells as currency.
• Cigarettes became a form of currency in the camp.
• Some shops accept digital currencies as payment.

類義語： money, means of payment

よく使う表現： used as currency, a currency substitute, digital currency

普及、一般的な受容

考えや習慣が広く認められ、信じられたり使われたりすること。

やさしい英語で： The state of being widely accepted, believed, or used.

• The idea soon gained currency.
• That phrase has wide currency among teenagers.
• The rumor lost currency when the facts became known.

使い方： gain currency among someone (The theory gained currency among young researchers.); give currency to something (The report gave currency to an old rumor.)

類義語： acceptance, recognition

よく使う表現： gain currency, wide currency, give currency to

最新性、現行性

最新の情報を含むことや、今も役立つ内容であること。

やさしい英語で： The quality of including the latest information or still being relevant now.

• Check the currency of the information.
• Recent references help show the report's currency.
• We review these records regularly to maintain their currency.

類義語： timeliness, up-to-dateness

反対語： outdatedness

よく使う表現： currency of information, check the currency, accuracy and currency