Gold
Gold noun - Something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.
Usage example: all the gold in the world won't buy happiness
Paper money and gold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paper money" instead a noun "Gold".
Nearby Words: golden, goldish, Goldie
Paper money
Paper money noun - Currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie.
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Synonyms for Paper money
Gold and paper money are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gold" instead a noun phrase "Paper money".
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- Averted by the Water Tribe (which uses identical blue coins of indeterminate material) and the United Republic of Nations, which uses both paper money and gold coins.
Source: GoldSilverCopper Standard - The trope title is a reference to the gold standard, when paper money is set to be worth a fixed amount of gold, but the trope is otherwise unrelated to the concept.
Source: GoldSilverCopper Standard - They don't bother mentioning that since they're taking in all the paper money, they're driving themselves into the future, gold-driven poorhouse.
Source: Never Needs Sharpening
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