greenback
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| 1. | informal (US) an inconvertible legal-tender US currency note originally issued during the Civil War in 1862 |
| 2. | slang (US) a dollar bill |
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Greenback
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
greenback
"U.S. dollar bill," 1862, so called from the time of their introduction; bank paper money printed in green ink had been called this since 1778 (as opposed to redbacks, etc.).
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greenback definition[ˈgrinbæk]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The world economy could well benefit from a gradual slide in the greenback.
To many people the supremacy of the greenback in commerce, commodity pricing and official reserves cannot be sensible.
If their currencies rise too far against the greenback, their exporters will lose out wherever customers pay in dollars.
But deciding to move money beyond the greenback is easier than figuring out where to go.
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