different between currency vs metical

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin curr?ns, from curr?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.?n.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.?n.si/, /?k?.?n.si/
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Noun

currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)

1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

2. (more specifically) Paper money.
   • 1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 3,

     Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.

3. The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.

4. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain

     He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.
5. (obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance

Derived terms

• (economics): fiat currency, closed currency, hard currency, metacurrency, cryptocurrency

Related terms

• current
• course

Translations

See also

• Category:Currency symbols

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t??k??l/

Noun

metical (plural meticals or meticais)

1. The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos

Anagrams

• amletic, climate

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight”).

Noun

metical m (plural meticais)

1. metical (the currency of Mozambique)