greenback Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
    bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; government note; bank note.
    • he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

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Green"back" noun
Definitions
  1. One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.

Webster 1913