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GREENBACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
Example:
he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes
Synonyms:
bank bill; bank note; banker's bill; banknote; bill; Federal Reserve note; government note; greenback; note
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("greenback" is a kind of...):
folding money; paper currency; paper money (currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greenback"):
silver certificate (formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver)
c-note; hundred dollar bill (a United States bill worth 100 dollars)
fifty; fifty dollar bill (a United States bill worth 50 dollars)
twenty; twenty dollar bill (a United States bill worth 20 dollars)
ten dollar bill; tenner (a United States bill worth 10 dollars)
five-spot; five dollar bill; fiver (a United States bill worth 5 dollars)
two dollar bill (a United States bill worth 2 dollars)
buck; clam; dollar; dollar bill; one dollar bill (a piece of paper money worth one dollar)
