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Noun: greenback  'green`bak
Usage: US
  1. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
    "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty greenbacks"
    - bill [N. Amer], note, government note [US], bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note [US]

Derived forms: greenbacks

Type of: folding money, paper currency, paper money

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