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Recent Examples of folding money
Not all vendors accept credit cards or electronic payments, so make sure to bring your folding money.
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Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
And on New Year's Day, the traditional Southern spread consists of black-eyed peas and collard greens (symbols for wealth—coins and green folding money, respectively), ham or pork (for prosperity), and cornbread (for gold).
—Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2021
Actual folding money has been raised, and in 2016 actual ground is to be broken, on HTT’s 5-mile (8-kilometer) test track in California.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2015
Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
And on New Year's Day, the traditional Southern spread consists of black-eyed peas and collard greens (symbols for wealth—coins and green folding money, respectively), ham or pork (for prosperity), and cornbread (for gold).
—Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2021
Actual folding money has been raised, and in 2016 actual ground is to be broken, on HTT’s 5-mile (8-kilometer) test track in California.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folding money
Noun
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The beans represent coins, the greens they are served with symbolize paper money, and cornbread is for gold.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
30 Dec. 2025
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The sharp rally in gold and silver can be read as a market referendum on the credibility of paper money.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Those who wish to pay without incurring those fees will need to mail a check or money order, provide cash or money order at a payment kiosk, or set up their online or auto pay directly from a bank account.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The small fee is paid by credit card or money order.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Well, the Chandler bank now could take promissory notes from my grandpa and others to the new Minneapolis Fed and ask for a loan, presenting these IOUs as collateral.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
14 Dec. 2025
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To protect yourself, secure collateral (a car, equipment, or even a property lien) or use a legal promissory note.—
Sam Dogen,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Silver coins are also legal tender, even if their face value is symbolic.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Pennies remain legal tender, but in recent months, businesses have been unable to order new rolls of the coins as production wound down.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Folding money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folding%20money. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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