Greenback — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈeɪzənˌʌt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈiːnbak/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈiːnbak/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈeɪzənˌʌt/.

Examples

he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bill bank note banker's bill banknote Federal Reserve note bank bill government note note

Parts of Speech

noun	a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) “he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes”

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

dollar

un morceau de papier-monnaie (en particulier celui émis par une banque centrale)

🇪🇸Spanish

tras verde

una pieza de papel moneda (especialmente uno emitido por un banco central)

🇮🇹Italian

biglietto verde

un pezzo di carta moneta (in particolare uno emesso da una banca centrale)

🇳🇱Dutch

dollar

een stuk papiergeld (vooral uitgegeven door een centrale bank)

🇵🇹Portuguese

dólar

um pedaço de papel-moeda (especialmente um emitido por um banco central)

🇷🇺Russian

доллар

бумажные деньги (особенно выпущенные центральным банком)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नोट

कागजी मुद्रा का एक टुकड़ा (विशेषकर केंद्रीय बैंक द्वारा जारी किया गया)

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রিনব্যাক

এক টুকরো কাগজের টাকা (বিশেষত একটি কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংক দ্বারা জারি করা)

🇮🇳Tamil

பச்சை முதுகு

ஒரு துண்டு காகித பணம் (குறிப்பாக மத்திய வங்கியால் வழங்கப்பட்டது)

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రీన్బ్యాక్

కాగితపు డబ్బు (ముఖ్యంగా సెంట్రల్ బ్యాంక్ జారీ చేసినది)

🇮🇳Marathi

ग्रीनबॅक

कागदी पैशाचा तुकडा (विशेषत: मध्यवर्ती बँकेने जारी केलेला)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રીનબેક

કાગળના પૈસાનો ટુકડો (ખાસ કરીને સેન્ટ્રલ બેંક દ્વારા જારી કરાયેલ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಸಿರುಬ್ಯಾಕ್

ಕಾಗದದ ಹಣದ ತುಂಡು (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്രീൻബാക്ക്

ഒരു കടലാസ് പണം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു സെൻട്രൽ ബാങ്ക് നൽകിയത്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗ੍ਰੀਨਬੈਕ

ਕਾਗਜ਼ ਦੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਟੁਕੜਾ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਇੱਕ ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਬੈਂਕ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ)

🇵🇰Urdu

گرین بیک

کاغذی رقم کا ایک ٹکڑا (خاص طور پر مرکزی بینک کی طرف سے جاری کردہ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

美元

一张纸币（尤其是由中央银行发行的纸币）

🇯🇵Japanese

グリーンバック

紙幣（特に中央銀行発行のもの）

🇰🇷Korean

미국 달러

지폐(특히 중앙은행이 발행한 것)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồng bạc xanh

một mẩu tiền giấy (đặc biệt là tiền do ngân hàng trung ương phát hành)

🇹🇭Thai

ธนบัตรดอลลาร์

เงินกระดาษหนึ่งแผ่น (โดยเฉพาะที่ออกโดยธนาคารกลาง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

dolar

selembar uang kertas (terutama yang diterbitkan oleh bank sentral)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الدولار

قطعة من النقود الورقية (خاصة تلك التي يصدرها البنك المركزي)

🇮🇷Persian

دلار سبز

یک تکه پول کاغذی (مخصوصاً صادر شده توسط بانک مرکزی)

🇹🇷Turkish

dolar

bir parça kağıt para (özellikle merkez bankası tarafından verilen)

🇮🇱Hebrew

כסף כסף

פיסת כסף (במיוחד כזו שהונפקה על ידי בנק מרכזי)

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