paper money

noun [U] (also paper currency) MONEY

Definition

› money in the form of paper, rather than coins or credit cards: The US has recently redesigned all of its paper money to fight against counterfeiting.

(Definition of paper money noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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