currency

柯林斯词典

1. N-VAR The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency. 货币
Tourism is the country's top earner of foreign currency. 旅游业是该国外汇收入最高的行业。
More people favour a single European currency than oppose it. 支持欧洲单一货币的人比反对的多。

Take some foreign currency to cover incidentals like the taxi fare to your hotel .
Five people were indicted for making and selling counterfeit currency.
The Central Bank intervened in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate .
The currency has lost so much of its value that barter has become the preferred way of doing business .
In 1971, Britain switched over to a decimal currency.