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paper money

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paper money
n.
Currency in the form of government notes and bank notes.

paper money
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) paper currency issued by the government or the central bank as legal tender and which circulates as a substitute for specie
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Noun1.paper money - currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for speciepaper money - currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
currency - the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
fractional currency - paper currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit
fiat money - money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie
bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, bill, note - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
Translations
paper money ncartamoneta, moneta cartacea


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The imposition of duties on imported articles, and the emission of paper money, are specimens of each kind.
France, less favoured on the whole as to matters spiritual than her sister of the shield and trident, rolled with exceeding smoothness down hill, making paper money and spending it.
On the table was a pile of gold and paper money, and he was keeping the bank.
 
 
 
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