greenback
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈɡriːnˌbæk/
- US
:
billete de dólar
- In spite of the handfuls of greenbacks he was taking out of the drawer, every dollar felt important.
- greenback dollar
- pile of greenbacks
- value of greenbacks
Like the the greenbacks draining from my pocket when the AC comes on.
- Like the the greenbacks draining from my pocket when the AC comes on.
- And the, the, the, the greenback instead of saying silver certificate said Federal Reserve note.
Examples
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Do you have any greenbacks?
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Do you have any greenbacks for the tickets to the concert?
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Everybody knows what a greenback is across the globe.
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And yet, the greenback is still with us, and it is still the reserve currency.
Blog text (4) -
And would his greenbacks be valid currency?
Fiction book (1998) -
Meister looked at him a moment, then reached in his pocket and pulled three big greenbacks off a roll and handed them to Willie.
Fiction book (1995) -
That'll be eight dollars in greenbacks, five in silver or a pinch of dust.
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Now, if New York wins the finals is it true that you'll be donating a million greenbacks to charity?
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Civil War greenbacks were slowly withdrawn from circulation (and were redeemed in gold beginning in 1879).
Academic text (2012) -
The satchel full of bound bundles of greenbacks was now locked in the safe in his office.
Synonyms
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1.0
A piece of paper money or a coin worth 100 cents
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1.5
Money made of paper that people use to pay for things
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1.5
A paper bill used as money or a written promise to pay money
72
1.0
A piece of paper money worth one US dollar
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3.0
A paper form of money that people use to pay for things
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1.7
Paper money issued by a central bank used to pay for things
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2.5
Money in printed notes that people use instead of coins
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5.1
Paper money the United States Federal Reserve issues for buying things
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1.0
The unit of money used in the United States, equal to 100 cents
A piece of paper money issued by a central bank used to pay for things
Paper money issued by a country's central bank used to buy things
A piece of paper used as money and issued by a central bank
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word greenback comes from the green color on the back of early U.S. paper money, when people saw the green 'back' and started to call the note a greenback. So greenback now means a U.S. dollar bill.