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Cash in the form of banknotes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: folding money, paper currency
Antonyms: commodity money
A type of joss paper resembling banknotes burnt to venerate the deceased, ancestor spirits, deities, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hell money
Antonyms: none provided
currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: folding money, paper currency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: currency
Narrower terms: fractional currency, fiat money, bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
From paper + money.
Calque from Chinese 紙錢/纸钱 (zhǐqián).
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
papel moneda
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Bulgarian:
банкноти
(banknoti)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Chinese Mandarin:
紙幣 /纸币
(zhǐbì)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Crimean Tatar:
kâğıt aqça
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Danish:
papirpenge
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Esperanto:
banknotoj
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Estonian:
paberraha
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Finnish:
paperiraha
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Finnish:
setelit
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Finnish:
seteliraha
— cash in the form of banknotes
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French:
papier-monnaie
— cash in the form of banknotes
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French:
monnaie-papier
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Galician:
papel moeda
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Georgian:
ქაღალდის ფული
(kaɣaldis puli)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Georgian:
ბანკნოტი
(banḳnoṭi)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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German:
Banknote
— cash in the form of banknotes
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German:
Papiergeld
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Greek:
χαρτονόμισμα
(chartonómisma)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Hungarian:
papírpénz
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Indonesian:
uang kertas
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Irish:
airgead páipéir
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Italian:
cartamoneta
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Italian:
denaro
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Italian:
banconota
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Japanese:
紙幣
(shihei)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Korean:
지폐
(jipye)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Manx:
argid pabyragh
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Polish:
pieniądze papierowe
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Portuguese:
papel-moeda
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Russian:
бума́жные де́ньги
(bumážnyje dénʹgi)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Russian:
банкно́ты
(banknóty)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Russian:
купю́ры
(kupjúry)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Santali:
ᱠᱟᱜᱚᱡᱽ ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤ
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Southern Altai:
купюра
(kupyura)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Spanish:
papel moneda
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Tagalog:
salaping papel
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Unami:
pampili moni
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Vietnamese:
tiền giấy
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Welsh:
arian papur
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Yakut:
кумааҕы харчы
(kumaağï qarčï)
— cash in the form of banknotes
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Chinese Mandarin:
紙錢 /纸钱
(zhǐqián)
— type of joss paper
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Finnish:
joss-raha
— type of joss paper
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Polish:
pieniądze papierowe
— type of joss paper
