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greenback

[ green-bak ]
/ ˈgrinˌbæk /
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noun
a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
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Origin of greenback

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; green + back1
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British Dictionary definitions for greenback

greenback
/ (ˈɡriːnˌbæk) /

noun
US informal an inconvertible legal-tender US currency note originally issued during the Civil War in 1862
US slang a dollar bill
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