paper money

noun

Definition of paper moneynext
as in dead presidents

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Recent Examples of paper money With cashless payments and digital transactions on the rise, whether or not Idaho businesses accept paper money seems irrelevant for many Boise-area residents. — Hali Smith april 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2026 The beans represent coins, the greens they are served with symbolize paper money, and cornbread is for gold. — Vogue, 30 Dec. 2025 Even kids in elementary school now have their own debit cards, and plenty of today's children may never even handle paper money and coins. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025 Why Countries May Back Digital Currency Each of the examples above highlights the fact that the problem isn’t the physical object, whether coins or paper money. — Alex Pron, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paper money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper money
  1. dollars
  2. banknotes
  3. bills
  4. greenbacks
  5. ones
  6. hundreds
  7. money
  8. cash
Noun
  • The big dollars often envisioned for top-10 picks like him were not there.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • However, the sole-source paradigm proved lucrative for ULA’s corporate parents, which each reported hundreds of millions of dollars in earnings from ULA per year in the first decade of the company’s existence.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of dollars
Noun
  • The sovereignty claim is enshrined in Argentina’s constitution and frequently invoked as an expression of national identity, from banknotes to World Cup soccer chants.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Toddler girl looking at and holding a small stack of banknotes while with her other hand holding a credit card.
    — Justina Lee,Lisa Kim, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of banknotes
Noun
  • Republicans and Democrats alike have faced anger from voters anxious about the impact a data center built in their community will have on utility bills, property values, and quality of life.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The two measures were among 13 bills Newsom enacted as a package designed to safeguard young people from technology seen as putting them at risk, including greater online privacy protection for minors.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of bills
Noun
  • Countries buying oil did so in greenbacks.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Alas, greenbacks are hardly available to people such as Tamara Mendoza, 65, who lives in the working-class Valle district.
    — Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of greenbacks
Noun
  • Evaluation metrics also change frequently, as new ones get created.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Several people — some alive and some dead — were laid by the roadside as attendees tried to help the ones who were still alive.
    — Saleh Mwanamilongo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of ones
Noun
  • Illinois is now tied with New Jersey for the highest property taxes in the nation, and raising commercial fair market values by hundreds of millions of dollars in a single year has told companies this is not a stable place to do business.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The company employs about 850 people, does hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work around the Northeast, and is frequently Connecticut’s choice on big-ticket contracts to construct schools, rebuild highways or repair bridges.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • That pick also comes with significantly more money (close to $3 million in 2026) for a team’s draft bonus pool.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The money will go toward manufacturing research for the hardware behind its quantum processors.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of money
Noun
  • In 1989, the holiday food drive became a year-round program, and in 1990 the company’s stores began accepting cash donations at the register.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Ganiyu received about $671,438 from citizenship applicants through Zelle and Cash App, along with $287,830 in cash deposits that prosecutors say were meant to conceal the money’s source, according to court documents, the New York Post reported.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of cash

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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