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
  • Connecticut amassed tens of billions of dollars in pension debt by not saving for these benefits for more than seven decades prior to 2011.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Ventura County Sheriff's Office estimated that the total damage will cost car owners several thousand dollars.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dollars
Noun
  • 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
  • The new banknotes would then undergo testing before entering circulation, while remaining interchangeable with the current series of euro notes.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of banknotes
Noun
  • Europeans also face the prospect of hikes to their energy bills this winter, as natural gas prices climb.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Republican Party has ignored the national debt every time Republican presidents have signed bills that have cut taxes on the wealthy.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 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
  • The new Premier League season begins in five days and there are plenty of new faces — and familiar ones in new shirts — to look out for.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • That leads to fewer overall seats, and the cheap ones are being eliminated.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of ones
Noun
  • The hundreds of thousands of homeowners who are now getting their insurance through the California FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan will soon be paying even more.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Content creator online reviews of hotels, resorts, cruises, restaurants, and airline flights, often with impressive production values, can generate hundreds of thousands, and even millions, of views.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • Johnson was not in the team, the money was on the table, and his valuation was probably more likely to go down from there rather than up.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The trend of hospitals asking for money up front represents a double whammy for patients.
    — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of money
Noun
  • Craig represents the state's Second Congressional District and holds a significant cash advantage in the race.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Abel opens the wallet Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO Greg Abel, who took over from Buffett at the start of the year, appears determined to put the record cash hoard amassed by Warren Buffett to work on buybacks and stock purchases.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 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 18 Aug. 2026.

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