greenback : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: greenback	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for greenback
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greenback n a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" Synonym(s): bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greenback \Green"back"\, 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Greenback, TN (city, FIPS 30880) Location: 35.65176 N, 84.17517 W Population (1990): 611 (250 housing units) Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37742