long green

noun

Definition of long greennext
slang
as in cash
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 where did he get the long green to afford wheels like that?

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  1. cash
  2. money
  3. coin
  4. currency
  5. legal tender
Noun
  • The same can be said for things like gifted cash for a down payment or side hustle earnings.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Onion had worked with the Sandy Hook families and had a total bid of $7 million, which included $1.75 million in cash.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of cash
Noun
  • The Mariners, though, would face significant competition for Walker, and might not view a first baseman who will play next season at 34 years old as the wisest investment of their money.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Robert was somebody whom Gabriel knew better, and one night in the pub Gabriel pressed him on the question of money.
    Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of money
Noun
  • Survivor: Thailand The fake merge and brutal last challenge — where the final three had to hold coins between their fingers in a crazy painful pose — keep this dud out of the bottom spot.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • For a purer measure, Blockchain Center’s Altcoin Season Index excludes stablecoins and wrapped coins.
    Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of coin
Noun
  • In that podcast, Atkins expressed support for a digital currency that is not controlled by the government.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • All technologies exist on a spectrum and the entire tech world works together in some sense, but things can and will change, so Web3 builders shouldn’t be rigid with maximalist notions, like Bitcoin being the only currency the world needs.
    Jordan Yallen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of currency
Noun
  • World & Nation How a California surfer helped bring bitcoin to El Salvador June 22, 2021 There were street protests when the Congress made bitcoin legal tender in June 2021, though that move was not the only motivation for the protesters.
    Marcos Alemán, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The slow but steady march of crypto products into mainstream financial systems — El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021 — has piqued broader interest in the subject.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of legal tender
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