greenback
Meaning
- (US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve.
- The United States dollar.
- (historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.
- A wave that has not yet begun to break.
Synonyms
government note
banker’s bill
Federal Reserve note
bank bill
blue striped cavalla
blue-striped cavalla
crevalli
blue runner
crevalle jack
bar jack
neverbite
passing jack
point nose
rainbow crevalle
red jack
paper currency
Translations
billet
Laubfrosch
biglietto di banca
bankbiljet
billete de banco
nota de dinheiro bancanota nota de bancoEtymology
From green + back.
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