paper currency

Noun

Meaning

currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

aper lettuce paper money folding money

Antonyms

coinage

Hypernyms

currency

Hyponyms

bill greenback note banknote bank note bank bill

Examples

In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper currency. Lysander Spooner

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit. Andrew Jackson

The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world. Garet Garrett

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only. John Buchanan Robinson

Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure. John Buchanan Robinson

Close letter words and terms

paper cup paper cup body paper cups paper curtain paper cut paper cutter