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currency-stabilization fund

currency swap

current

current account

current account equilibrium

current affairs

current amplification

current assets

current-cost accounting

current density

current efficiency

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current

cur·rent [ kúrrənt, kúr ənt ]

adjective

Definition:

1. existing now: happening, existing, or in force at the present

In my current job, I am in charge of 25 people.

2. valid: accepted as legally valid

3. presently accepted: widely known, accepted, or believed

The theory is no longer current.

4. finance up-to-date with payments: having made all the payments required for the present time

noun (plural cur·rents)

Definition:

1. flow of water or air: a steady flow of water or air in one direction

2. stream: a mass of water or air flowing steadily in one direction

3. flow of electric charge: the flow of electricity through a cable, wire, or other conductor

4. rate of flow of electricity: the rate of flow of an electric charge through a conductor

5. tendency: a trend or tendency

going against the current and moving out of the city upstate

[13th century. < Old French corant, present participle of courre "run" < Latin currere]

cur·rent·ness noun

Word Usage


	See currant.

Word History


	The Latin word currere, "to run," from which current is derived, is also the source of English corridor, courier, course, occur, and succor.

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