26984 words

circulation

11 definitions • 16 examples
1
the process in which something such as information, money, or goods passes from one person to another:

Examples:

in circulation Police have warned that there are a lot of fake £50 notes in circulation.
I hear she's back in circulation (= taking part in social activities) after her accident.
Add her name to the circulation list for this report (= the people who will be given it to read).
out of circulation figurative I hear she's out of circulation (= not taking part in social activities) after her accident.
2
the number of people that a newspaper or magazine is regularly sold to:

Examples:

The paper has a circulation of 150,000.
3
the movement of blood around the body:

Examples:

Exercise helps to improve circulation.
4
the movement of blood inside the body
5
Circulation is also the movement of air or water in a space or system:

Examples:

[ U ] The fans in the air circulation system make a lot of noise.
6
A magazine or newspaper’s circulation is the number of people who read it:

Examples:

[ C ] The Chronicle has a daily circulation of 505,000.
7
If something is in circulation, it is available:

Examples:

[ U ] Are the new dollar coins in circulation yet?
8
If something is out of circulation, it is not available:

Examples:

[ U ] The company takes its movies out of circulation, then shows them again.
[ U ] fig.infml She’s been out of circulation since her accident.
9
the use of a particular type of money or payment system in the economy:

Examples:

withdraw from/take out of circulation Many European currencies were withdrawn from circulation after the euro was adopted.
come into/go into/be put into circulation The new $100 bills will go into circulation early next year.
Within just five years, the number of credit cards in circulation had tripled.
10
the typical number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold every day, week, or month:

Examples:

a circulation of sth It has a daily circulation of 400,000, making it the second-largest newspaper in the country.
11
the act of sending goods or information from one person to another or from one place to another:

Examples:

the circulation of sth Despite the circulation of the memo, the company's stock price in recent days has been soaring.

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