paper money
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Noun (1)
- currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specieSynonyms: folding moneypaper currencyType of currencyKinds bill, fractional currency, fiat money
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Paper money
notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin.
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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54