paper money
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈpeɪpər ˈmʌni/
:
billete
- Soldiers who received paper money as pay and city dwellers were the biggest victims.
- coins and paper money
- inconvertible paper money
- print paper money
They made both paper money and tokens.
- They made both paper money and tokens.
- Why did why did society first tip into paper money?
- So even though Fiat is frankly worthless, it's paper money.
- Most people think inflation is bad because it erodes paper money.
- Are people actually going to trust this paper money?
- And this is when they invent, you know, gunpowder and the compass and the printing press and paper money and several other things.
- They've always taken Fiat money, paper money, all of these things were always born out of fraud.
- And because a car or an iPhone has intrinsic value, it's better than the paper money that's being devalued by inflation, right.
- So that's paper money now bank account money came in an instant.
Examples
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Among the more economically interesting characteristics of Song China was its widespread use of paper money.
Academic text (2017) -
The man opened his basket and counted out sixteen bundles of paper money.
Fiction book (1993) -
And so every country in the world has a paper money that has the name of their central bank on it.
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So all the paper money was backed up entirely by gold.
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Amsterdam's bank was not the first to use paper money, which had been first used in China.
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I don't suppose you have any paper money in that vault.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the fallout gathers steam, paper money will lose purchasing power faster and faster.
Blog text (8) -
What we decided to do instead was just issue more paper money because printing money is going to instill more confidence in the Bank of Japan.
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Russia and Austria-Hungary had a fiat paper money regime, as did most Latin American states.
Academic text (1990) -
The store only accepts paper money, so make sure to bring some with you.
Synonyms
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1.0
Money in the form of coins and bills
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1.5
Money made of paper that people use to pay for things
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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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3.2
Paper money that people carry in a wallet
Paper money issued by a country's central bank used to buy things
A piece of paper money issued by a central bank used to pay for things
A piece of paper used as money and issued by a central bank
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'money in the form of printed paper notes' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'paper' (the material) with 'money' (currency); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to money made of paper rather than coins. This noun‑noun compositional pattern is cross‑linguistically common and follows straightforward English compounding, so the sense is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Paper money comes from a simple idea: people once left heavy coins at a bank and got pieces of paper as a 'receipt' saying they had that money. Over time those bank 'receipts' became the actual printed notes people used to buy things, so today paper money means printed bank notes used instead of coins.