| paper money n. Currency in the form of government notes and bank notes. |
paper money
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(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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| Noun | 1. |  paper money - currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for speciecurrency - 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" |
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