common currency en · NOUN
Meanings
- (countable, literally, uncountable) A currency that is common to several countries.
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(countable, uncountable) A standard of measurement that can be used for comparing disparate things.
Based on these factors, scientists can calculate their global warming potential, which makes it possible to have a "common currency" for greenhouse gasses, translating any given gas into its equivalent in carbon dioxide.
2017, Paul Hawkin, Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming, page xiv:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Common practice; a widespread idea, a commonplace habit.
In global climate-speak, terms like 'scenario', 'impact', 'vulnerability', 'irreversible', 'mitigation', 'adaptation' and 'adaptive capacity' have become common currency, verbal coins sometimes so worn that they almost lose meaning, even though they carry sinister messages about the future of humanity.
2011, V. Berridge, M. Gorsky, Environment, Health and History, page 264:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| common currencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
pl wspólna waluta (currency that is common to several countries) · fi yhteisvaluutta (currency that is common to several countries) · fr monnaie courante (common practice, commonplace habit) · fi yleinen tapa (common practice, commonplace habit) · pl punkt odniesienia (standard of measurement that can be used for comparing disparate things) · pl powszechna praktyka (common practice, commonplace habit) · fr monnaie commune (currency that is common to several countries) · fi vertailukohta (standard of measurement that can be used for comparing disparate things) · nl gemeengoed (common practice, commonplace habit) · fr monnaie unique (currency that is common to several countries) · fi vertailukohde (standard of measurement that can be used for comparing disparate things)