currence

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noun

The quality of being current (generally circulated and accepted); currency, currentness.

OriginLatin currentia →
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Meanings

currence1

nouncurrence (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe quality of being current (generally circulated and accepted); currency, currentness.

    And the time consumed in discussion will certainly not have been lost, if it only strips the argument of all sentimentalism and false currence, and leaves it to be judged by good sense and sound reason.

    1854 January, “The Decline and Fall of the Corporation of London”, in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume XLIV, number CCLXXXIX, London: John W. Parker and Son, →OCLC, page 6

Currence2

proper nounCurrence (plural Currences)

plural Currences

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Latincurrō“to run”
  2. Latincurrentia
  3. Englishcurrence

Borrowed from Latin currentia + -ence, from Latin currō (“to run”).

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APA

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MLA

“currence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “currence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currence.

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