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greenback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, federal reserve note, government note, note |
| Type of | folding money, paper currency, paper money |
| Has types | dollar, dollar bill, fifty, fifty dollar bill, five-spot, five dollar bill, fiver, hundred dollar bill, one dollar bill, silver certificate, ten dollar bill, tenner, twenty, twenty dollar bill, buck, two dollar bill, c-note, clam |
Examples of greenback
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The greenback will also suffer from a widening current account deficit, he said.
From the bloomberg.com
So companies benefit when their home currency depreciates against the greenback.
From the businessweek.com
Maybe, but there are good reasons why the groggy greenback may stay on its feet.
From the economist.com
The greenback has soared 19% against a basket of major currencies since July 15.
From the investors.com
Singapore's dollar fell 0.5 percent this week to S$1.4868 against the greenback.
From the bloomberg.com
In Asia, the Hong Kong dollar is tied to the greenback, so prices remain stable.
From the washingtonpost.com
The Hong Kong dollar and the Malaysian ringgit are both pegged to the greenback.
From the economist.com
The greenback is very popular in countries where the local currency is unstable.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The pound fell against the euro and the greenback after the report was released.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Bill: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
- The term greenback refers to paper currency that was issued by the North during the American Civil War. There are at least two types of notes that were called greenback: *United States Noten*Demand Note
- Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve; The United States dollar; A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department
- Greenbacks were paper currency issued by the Union government during the Civil War. Whether to continue the issue of greenbacks and inflate the currency, or withdraw them from circulation remained an unresolved political issue in the 1870s and 1880s.
- (GREENBACKS) Frogs for rerailing engines or cars
- (Greenbacks) Term used for paper money issued during the civil war and is still is use today to denote different denominations of bills.
- A slang term for a U.S. Demand Note of 1861 so called because of the green ink used.
- Originally known as a Demand Note. Issued in 1861, it was the first note to have a green reverse or Back, establishing a tradition that exists today. Green ink was originally used as an anti-counterfeiting measure, because early cameras and film could not reproduce it. ...
- Is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars. Greenbacks got their name from their color, however, in the mid-1800s, "greenback" was a negative term. During this time, the Continental Congress did not have taxing authority. ...
