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[ green -bak ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈgrinˌbæk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
Origin of greenback An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; green + back1
Words nearby greenback green about the gills, green alga, green algae, green audit, Greenaway, greenback , green-backed heron, Greenback party, green bag, green ban, green bass
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He stayed the greenback movement by his veto after eminent party leaders had yielded to it.
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In other words, a greenback dollar was worth only thirty-five cents.
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Tabulate the index numbers, the greenback price of the gold dollar, and the gold price of the greenback dollar, from 1861 to 1879.
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In the election the Greenback ticket polled only about eighty thousand votes, or less than one per cent of the total.
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British Dictionary definitions for greenback 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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