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Definition of Paper money
1. Noun. Currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie.
Generic synonyms: Currency
Specialized synonyms: Fractional Currency, Fiat Money, Bank Bill, Bank Note, Banker's Bill, Banknote, Bill, Federal Reserve Note, Government Note, Greenback, Note
Definition of Paper money
1. Noun. Cash in the form of banknotes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paper Money
Literary usage of Paper money
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"CHAPTER 23 GOVERNMENT paper money § 1. In this chapter we shall consider paper
money issued by governments, and particularly inconvertible or irredeemable ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"The history of that paper money was the history of the old continental issues
... There, so early as 1784, the supporters of paper money had attained to ..."
3. Principles of Political Economy by Charles Gide (1903)
"When a government falls short of money, the creation of paper money is a very
... Therefore paper money effects a saving that is not to be despised.1 Many ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1911)
"It seems scarce worth while to give a list of the innumerable papers and pamphlets
which came out on the subject of paper money during the year 1786. ..."
5. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"History shows that overissue, always threatened by paper money, has rarely been
... England resorted to paper money (in the form of Bank of England notes, ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... in favor of an inconvertible paper currency. increasing prices for every
commodity in the paper money, goes into his business with new heart and will. ..."
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