Meanings
- uncountablePaper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes.
1957, Hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate Secretary HUMPHREY. Well, I think I can; yes, sir. $25.855 billion are printed notes as of April 30, 1957. Senator MALONE. That is the folding money, the little bills that we carry around? Secretary HUMPHREY. That is right.
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...W. A. Julian, late treasurer of the United States, decorated our folding money with his signature for 15 years.
1916, The Texas Outlook, Texas State Teachers Association[I]magine that you parted with some good folding money—for it takes the "long green" to secure four-year old^([sic]) peach brandy—[…]
1924 March 17, “Secret Rumor Tells of Hidden Treasure”, in The Dispatch, US, retrieved 01 Oct 2010... the Keynesian theory of ... government spending had a very profound effect on our economy. It has taken folding money out of the pockets of everyone here tonight.
1948, Claude Robinson, Trends in Industry Public RelationsFew of us ever have folding money in our pockets long enough to become very well acquainted with it.
1963 November 15, “Art Masterpiece”, in Evening Independent, US, retrieved 01 Oct 2010Less need for paper cash means fewer trips to the ATM to get more folding money.
2007 June 28, Bill Virgin, “Is the ATM growing obsolete?”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 01 Oct 2010Synonyms: paper money
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPaper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncurrency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
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