medium of exchange, monetary system - anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region

money - the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs"

Eurocurrency - currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing

cash, hard cash, hard currency - money in the form of bills or coins

folding money, paper currency, paper money - currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie

coinage, metal money, mintage, specie - coins collectively

prevalence - the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"

acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"

nowness, presentness - the quality of being the present; "a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller

contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernness, modernism - the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"