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Bimetallism :: Bimetallism (n.) The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism..

Depreciate :: Depreciate (v. i.) To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie..

Shilling :: Shilling (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency..

Utter :: Utter (a.) hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes..

Irredeemable :: Irredeemable (a.) Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder..

Go :: Go (v. i.) To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded..

Money :: Money (n.) Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling..

Decimalize :: Decimalize (v. t.) To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency..

Run :: Run (n.) State of being current; currency; popularity.

Currentness :: Currentness (n.) The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

Sychnocarpous :: Sycee (n.) Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy..

Currency :: Currency (n.) That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money..

Circulation :: Circulation (n.) Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin..

Pfennig :: Pfennig (n.) A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency..

Currency :: Currency (n.) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

Assignat :: Assignat (n.) One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state..

Sicca :: Sicca (n.) A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains..

Monometallism :: Monometallism (n.) The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism..

Inconvertibility :: Inconvertibility (n.) The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold..

Inflation :: Inflation (n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency..

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