Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

digital currency

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: dig-i-tal cur-ren-cy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems, especially over the internet, and does not have a classical physical form of fiat currency that can be held in the hand. It may be either a cryptocurrency (involving blockchain and coin mining) or not.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: cybermoney, cybercash, e-cash, digital money, e-money, electronic money"
"State-backed digital currencies, issued by central banks, are under development in various countries."
"The goal is let a person create a digital alter-ego that can travel to many virtual worlds, keeping the same name, look and even digital currency."
"The Winklevosses say this week’s tumult is just growing pains for a digital currency that they believe will become a sort of gold for the technorati."

Usage

Inflected Forms

digital currencies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

stablecoin cold hard cash cold cash hard cash

Synonyms

e-currency electronic currency virtual currency cybercurrency cybermoney cybercash e-cash digital money e-money electronic money

Questions

What does digital currency mean?: Any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems, especially over the internet, and does not have a classical physical form of fiat currency that can be held in the hand. It may be either a cryptocurrency (involving blockchain and coin mining) or not.

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