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☆ paper money

non-interest-bearing notes, as dollar bills, issued by a government or its banks as legal tender: the term may include checks, drafts, money orders, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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