common currency

Noun

Meaning

(literally) A currency that is common to several countries.

A standard of measurement that can be used for comparing disparate things.

(figuratively) Common practice; a widespread idea, a commonplace habit.

Examples

A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy. Gerhard Schröder

Nations with a common currency never went to war against each other. A common currency is more than the money you pay with. Helmut Kohl

A national currency, with the Euro as a common currency - that wouldn't bother me. Marine Le Pen

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