greenback
greenback
nounDefinition of GREENBACK
a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States <she threw a few greenbacks on the counter to pay for the drinks>
Related Words dead presidents [slang], paper money, scrip; buck, dollar, simoleon [slang], smacker [slang]; C-note, fifty, fin [slang], five, fiver [slang], hundred, one, sawbuck [slang], ten, tenner, twenty, two; cash, chips, currency, dough, legal tender, lucre, money, pelf; check, draft, money order
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