twenty dollar bill
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- noun
- /ˈtwɛnti ˈdɑːlər bɪl/
- US
:
billete de veinte dólares
- His mother would slip twenty-dollar bills to him.
- handed over a twenty dollar bill
- pulled out a twenty dollar bill
- held a twenty dollar bill
Examples
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Result of competition for my affection: Dad gave me a twenty-dollar bill.
Fiction book (1994) -
In a West Wing ceremony, Secretary of the Treasury Chase presents Lincoln with a newly minted twenty-dollar bill.
Fiction book (2001) -
Pull out all the twenty dollar bills!
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I had lifted a twenty-dollar bill from my father.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jacob reaches into his pants pocket, pulls out a twenty-dollar bill, and hands it to the driver.
Fiction book (1990) -
I extracted a twenty-dollar bill from my wallet and stuffed it into the jar.
Fiction book (1992) -
"If you'll show me?" Bedlington handed him a twenty-dollar bill.
Fiction book (1990) -
West peeled off two twenty-dollar bills and laid them before a woman with tall blond hair and platinum-painted fingernails.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jo Lynn's hand instantly flopped over the front seat, waving five twenty-dollar bills beside Sara's head.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jacob reaches into his pants pocket, pulls out a twenty dollar bill, and hands it to the driver.
How Valuable
- US
17
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- US
1
1.0
- US
4
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- US
3
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- US
4
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- US
4
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'twenty' (a number) + 'dollar' (currency unit) + 'bill' (paper money) combine straightforwardly to denote a banknote worth twenty dollars. This follows regular English noun phrase composition and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The name twenty dollar bill comes from the simple idea of a paper note worth twenty dollars: twenty is the amount, dollar names the US money, and bill means a 'paper note' you can spend. So it means 'a United States banknote with a value of twenty dollars'.