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single currency

 
 
noun [C, usually singular] ECONOMICS, MONEY

Definition

a unit of money that is used by more than one country: The Euro is the single currency of some of the countries of the European Union.
(Definition of single currency noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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