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folding money

folding money noun: paper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes.

folding money: paper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes
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Noun

folding money (uncountable)

  1. Paper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes.
    • ...W. A. Julian, late treasurer of the United States, decorated our folding money with his signature for 15 years.1916, The Texas Outlook, Texas State Teachers Association
    • [I]magine that you parted with some good folding money—for it takes the "long green" to secure four-year old^([sic]) peach brandy—[…]1924 March 17, “Secret Rumor Tells of Hidden Treasure”, in The Dispatch, US, retrieved 01 Oct 2010
    Synonyms:
    paper money

Examples of folding money in a sentence

  • It has taken folding money out of the pockets of everyone here tonight.1948, Claude Robinson, Trends in Industry Public Relations:
  • Few of us ever have folding money in our pockets long enough to become very well acquainted with it.1963 November 15, “Art Masterpiece”, in Evening Independent, US, retrieved 01 Oct 2010:
  • Less need for paper cash means fewer trips to the ATM to get more folding money.2007 June 28, Bill Virgin, “Is the ATM growing obsolete?”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 01 Oct 2010:

Synonyms of folding money

Questions about folding money

What does folding money mean?
Folding money means paper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes.
How do you use folding money in a sentence?
It has taken folding money out of the pockets of everyone here tonight.
What part of speech is folding money?
Folding money is a noun.

Words near folding money in the dictionary

  1. folding knives
  2. folding like a cheap suit
  3. folding like a cheap suitcase
  4. folding like a cheap tent
  5. folding like a lawn chair
  6. folding money
  7. folding one's arms
  8. folding one's tent
  9. folding out
  10. folding rooftop
  11. folding rooftops

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