(n.) One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
Example Sentences:
(1) Those green shoots in the wider economy may still be hard to spot, but the greenbacks are certainly raining down on a chosen few.
(2) Deutsche Bank’s Australian chief economist, Adam Boyton, said continued soft demand for resources and slower growth in China were among the factors that could force the Australian dollar below US60c to its lowest value against the greenback since at least early 2003.
(3) That could give the dollar another boost, and Kessens said the greenback’s strength has hit oil since it is dollar denominated.
(4) The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) on Tuesday announced a “one-time correction” of nearly 2% in the yuan’s value against the greenback as it changed the mechanism.
(5) Almost 90% of Russia's exports are traded in the greenback.
(6) China shares fall another 5%, Europe slips back as oil tumbles - as it happened Read more Oil is priced in US dollars and Morgan Stanley’s analyst, Adam Longson, said it had been the strength of the greenback rather than oversupply that had pushed crude down by $20 a barrel in the past two months.
(7) Simon Evenett, a trade expert at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, believes China is trying to protect itself against the period of financial instability that can follow monetary tightening, by pre-emptively weakening the link between the yuan and the greenback.
(8) Economists at the International Monetary Fund, which urged the Fed to delay “lift-off”, have warned that companies in emerging economies have been borrowing heavily, largely in dollars, making them potentially vulnerable to a stronger greenback.
(9) Detroit’s billionaires began to flex their greenback muscles, too.
(10) When I first heard about Women on $20s , the unofficial contest to get a woman’s face on a $20 bill, I thought it sounded great: dudes have occupied greenbacks for centuries in the US.
Greenbacker
Definition:
(n.) One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.
Example Sentences:
(1) Those green shoots in the wider economy may still be hard to spot, but the greenbacks are certainly raining down on a chosen few.
(2) Deutsche Bank’s Australian chief economist, Adam Boyton, said continued soft demand for resources and slower growth in China were among the factors that could force the Australian dollar below US60c to its lowest value against the greenback since at least early 2003.
(3) That could give the dollar another boost, and Kessens said the greenback’s strength has hit oil since it is dollar denominated.
(4) The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) on Tuesday announced a “one-time correction” of nearly 2% in the yuan’s value against the greenback as it changed the mechanism.
(5) Almost 90% of Russia's exports are traded in the greenback.
(6) China shares fall another 5%, Europe slips back as oil tumbles - as it happened Read more Oil is priced in US dollars and Morgan Stanley’s analyst, Adam Longson, said it had been the strength of the greenback rather than oversupply that had pushed crude down by $20 a barrel in the past two months.
(7) Simon Evenett, a trade expert at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, believes China is trying to protect itself against the period of financial instability that can follow monetary tightening, by pre-emptively weakening the link between the yuan and the greenback.
(8) Economists at the International Monetary Fund, which urged the Fed to delay “lift-off”, have warned that companies in emerging economies have been borrowing heavily, largely in dollars, making them potentially vulnerable to a stronger greenback.
(9) Detroit’s billionaires began to flex their greenback muscles, too.
(10) When I first heard about Women on $20s , the unofficial contest to get a woman’s face on a $20 bill, I thought it sounded great: dudes have occupied greenbacks for centuries in the US.