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Asian
Noun
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A person from Asia. Most often this means a person from east Asia.
Asian
Adjective
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From Asia.
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In a style typical of Asia, especially east Asia.
currency
Noun
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A currency is the money from a particular country.
A person going abroad can obtain foreign currency notes and travellers' cheques from his own bank.
The US dollar ended lower against most other currencies in London.
Since then the exchange value of the currency has fallen by 78%.
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If something has currency, it is generally accepted.
After the war, these new ideas began to gain currency.
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The state of being up to date.
A book's bibliography can be a good indicator of currency in the text.
unit
Noun
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One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".
Measure five units to the left.
$4 is the unit price.
A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.
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Form of measurement.
I prefer metric units.
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Item, used when no other word for something exists.
He set up the A/C unit.