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    GREENBACK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)play

    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)

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