paper money

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Recent Examples of paper money Cash is not king More businesses became cashless during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing the need to protect their workers' health by not requiring them to exchange paper money and coins with the public, said Bankrate Senior Industry Analyst Ted Rossman. Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024 China had experimented with paper money early on, but even the government did not accept that paper as payment for its own taxes. Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2015 While the move aimed at keeping counterfeiters and tax dodgers on the back foot appears at odds with the growing popularity of cash-free transactions by consumers and businesses, central bank and finance ministry officials continue to flag the enduring importance of paper money. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 3 July 2024 Beyond its borders, Sweden is an important test case on fighting cashless crime because it’s gone further on ditching paper money than almost any other country in Europe. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for paper money 
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Noun
  • The 1Malaysia Development Berhad corruption scandal consisted of Jho Low, his associate Eric Tan, and others allegedly stealing billions of dollars from the fund and misappropriating the money.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lost between $250-300 million dollars a day during the strike by members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said Bethann Rooney, the port’s director, Friday.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The size of Democrats’ control over the past two years has also given legislators space to lose votes without completely sinking more controversial bills.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • And committees were more heavily tilted toward Democrats, giving its members’ bills an easier path to the floor.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The need for power and water grew more urgent Thursday for hundreds of thousands of residents across the Southeast a week after Helene began a deadly, devastating march as a historic Category 4 hurricane slamming onto Florida's Gulf Coast.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Landslides and cresting rivers swept away homes, collapsed bridges and washed out hundreds of roads.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Even if Vice President Kamala Harris had won, much of that money would have continued to flow.
    CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The constitutional amendment renews approval for the state using Minnesota State Lottery revenue for conservation, raises the amount of lottery money the state can spend each year and creates a new advisory council to decide how to award grants.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The more customers Boost — Echostar’s wireless brand — can keep inhouse, the lower its operating costs, which in turn frees up more cash to cover debt payments.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • European Wax Center had cash and cash equivalents of $48.0 million as of October 5, 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Countries like El Salvador and regions with economic instability increasingly turn to bitcoin as legal tender or reserve asset.
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024

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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20money. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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