folding money

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English[edit]

Some folding money

Noun[edit]

folding money (uncountable)

  1. Paper currency; cash in the form of printed banknotes.
    • 1916, The Texas Outlook, Texas State Teachers Association:
      ...W. A. Julian, late treasurer of the United States, decorated our folding money with his signature for 15 years.
    • 1924 March 17, “Secret Rumor Tells of Hidden Treasure”, in The Dispatch, US, retrieved 1 October 2010:
      [I]magine that you parted with some good folding money—for it takes the "long green" to secure four-year old[sic] peach brandy—[…]
    • 1948, Claude Robinson, Trends in Industry Public Relations:
      ... the Keynesian theory of ... government spending had a very profound effect on our economy. It has taken folding money out of the pockets of everyone here tonight.
    • 1957, Hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
      Secretary HUMPHREY. Well, I think I can; yes, sir. $25.855 billion are printed notes as of April 30, 1957.
      Senator MALONE. That is the folding money, the little bills that we carry around?
      Secretary HUMPHREY. That is right.
    • 1963 November 15, “Art Masterpiece”, in Evening Independent, US, retrieved 1 October 2010:
      Few of us ever have folding money in our pockets long enough to become very well acquainted with it.
    • 2007 June 28, Bill Virgin, “Is the ATM growing obsolete?”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 1 October 2010:
      Less need for paper cash means fewer trips to the ATM to get more folding money.

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