paper money

noun

1
: money consisting of government notes and banknotes
2

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In some areas, businesses are legally required to take paper money or have been pushed to do so by customer demand. Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024 The New York Police Department found one matching that description in Central Park with a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and paper money from the board game Monopoly. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 There has also been cyclicality in views about whether control of paper money promotes or degrades democracy. Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 These and other advances will bring changes as fundamental as did the invention of paper money, many centuries ago. IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012 See all Example Sentences for paper money 

Word History

First Known Use

1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of paper money was in 1691

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20money. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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paper money

noun
: money consisting of government notes and bank notes

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