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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.
convertible
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noun
a car that has top that can be folded or removed
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noun
a sofa that can be converted into a bed
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noun
a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
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adjective
(= translatable, transmutable)
capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
is lead really transmutable into gold?
ideas translatable into reality
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adjective
designed to be changed from one use or form to another
a convertible sofa
a convertible coupe
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adjective
capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
convertible securities
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
fact
Noun
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A fact is something that is true.
That is not just my idea, it is a fact.
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A fact is a piece of information.
He collects little-known facts.