folding money

folding money

English

Some folding money

Noun

folding money (uncountable)

1. Paper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes.
   • 1924 17 March, "Secret Rumor Tells of Hidden Treasure," The Dispatch (US) (retrieved 1 Oct. 2010):

     [I]magine that you parted with some good folding money—for it takes the "long green" to secure four-year old peach brandy.

   • 1963 15 Nov., "Art Masterpiece," Evening Independent (US) (retrieved 1 Oct. 2010):

     Few of us ever have folding money in our pockets long enough to become very well acquainted with it.

   • 2007 28 June, Bill Virgin, "Is the ATM growing obsolete?," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 1 Oct. 2010):

     Less need for paper cash means fewer trips to the ATM to get more folding money.

Synonyms

• paper money

References

• folding money at OneLook Dictionary Search