folding money

English

Some folding money

Noun

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 17 March, "Secret Rumor Tells of Hidden Treasure," The Dispatch (US) (retrieved 1 Oct. 2010):

     [I]magine that you parted with some good folding money—for it takes the "long green" to secure four-year old 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 15 Nov., "Art Masterpiece," Evening Independent (US) (retrieved 1 Oct. 2010):

     Few of us ever have folding money in our pockets long enough to become very well acquainted with it.

   • 2007 28 June, Bill Virgin, "Is the ATM growing obsolete?," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 1 Oct. 2010):

     Less need for paper cash means fewer trips to the ATM to get more folding money.

Synonyms

• paper money

References

• “folding money”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.