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View synonyms for circulating medium

circulating medium

noun

  1. any coin or note passing, without endorsement, as a medium of exchange.
  2. such coins or notes collectively.


circulating medium

noun

  1. finance currency serving as a medium of exchange
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of circulating medium1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

At first, it was thought that some sort of circulating medium must be used, that life could not be transacted without it.

The paper of this bank is now the principal circulating medium of this colony.

These increased prices and wages have required increased circulating medium.

But it is also true that money or other circulating medium is unprecedently plentiful.

We feel that to the policy pursued by them, we are indebted for all the evils we experience for want of a circulating medium.

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