greenback

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgriːnbæk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgrinˌbæk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(grēn′bak′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
green•back /ˈgrinˌbæk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a U.S. bill of money, printed in green on the back.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
green•back  (grēn′bak′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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.
  • green + back1 1860–65, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
greenback / ˈɡriːnˌbæk/
  1. an inconvertible legal-tender US currency note originally issued during the Civil War in 1862
  2. a dollar bill
'greenback' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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