†(a) whisky (obsolete); (b) (also more fully long green stuff) cash, money; frequently with the; cf. green, n.1 1e, green stuff n. (b) at green, adj.…

figurative. An unsound business undertaking, as a ‘wild-cat bank’ (see compounds 1b); also, a note, or notes collectively, of a ‘wild-cat bank’…

U.S. colloquial. A monetary note issued by the United States during and immediately after the Civil War, and not backed by gold or silver (now histo…

a paper currency of denominations less than a dollar, bearing a design depicting one or more postage stamps, which was issued during the American…

= postage currency n. at postage, n.1 compounds.

= postage currency n. at postage, n.1 compounds.

U.S. A monetary note issued by the Confederacy during the Civil War. Cf. greenback, n. 3. Usually in plural. Now historical.

Of, pertaining to, or dealing with a fraction or fractions; comprising or constituting a fraction; of the nature of a fraction. Hence…

U.S. A monetary note issued by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Cf. blueback, n. 2, greenback, n. 3. Now historical.

U.S. A monetary note redeemable in gold; = gold certificate n. (a) at gold, n.1 adj.compounds 1e. Cf. greenback, n. 3. Now historical.

A United States government banknote which is backed by and redeemable in gold coin; a gold note or gold certificate; = yellowback, n. 4. Cf. greenback…

Used attributively to designate either of two acts passed by Congress in 1890, one to prohibit combinations in restraint of inter-state or foreign…