List of alternative names for currency
This is a list of alternative names for currency. A currency refers to money in any form when in actual use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins.[1][2] A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money (monetary units) in common use, especially in a nation.[3]
Alternative names for currency
- Aussie – Australian dollar[4]
- Bank [5]
- Benjamins [5]
- Benjie – a name for a USD $100 bill that was sometimes tucked away by touring deadheads for emergency use[6]
- Bills [5]
- Bones [5]
- Bread [5]
- Buck/bucks [4]
- C-note
- Cabbage [5]
- Clams [5]
- Coin [5]
- Dead presidents [5]
- Dough [7]
- Fiver [7] – £5 note, USD $5 bill
- Grand [7] – £1,000, USD $1,000
- Greenbacks [8][4]
- Gs[7] – Increments of USD $1,000
- Jackson [7] – USD $20 bill
- Kiwi – slang term for the currency of New Zealand[4]
- Large [7] – £1,000, USD $1,000
- Lettuce [7]
- Loonie – refers to the Canadian dollar,[4] because the Canadian dollar coin has an image of the common loon on its reverse side[9]
- Loot
- Moolah [7]
- Quid - Pound sterling
- Sawbuck [7]
- Scratch [7]
- Singles
- Smackers
- Soft money – a colloquial term for paper currency in the United States[8]
- Spot – such as "five spot",[7] "ten spot",[7] etc.
- Tenner [7] – £10 note, USD $10 bill
- Toonie – Canadian two dollar coin
- Two bits
- Wad
See also
References
- ^ "currency". The Free Dictionary.
- ^ Bernstein, Peter (2008) [1965]. "4–5". A Primer on Money, Banking and Gold (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-28758-3. OCLC 233484849.
- ^ "Currency". Investopedia.
- ^ a b c d e Lien, K. (2010). The Little Book of Currency Trading: How to Make Big Profits in the World of Forex. Little Books. Big Profits. Wiley. p. PT 28. ISBN 978-1-118-01841-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mark Nichol. "50 Slang Terms for Money". Daily Writing Tips.
- ^ Shenk, D.; Silberman, S. (1994). Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads. A main street book. Doubleday. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-385-47402-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Spiller, H.J. (2015). Keep the Change: A Collector's Tales of Lucky Pennies, Counterfeit C-Notes, and Other Curious Currency. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 82–85. ISBN 978-1-61689-419-1.
- ^ a b Latham, E. (1904). A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames, and Surnames of Persons, Places and Things. Gale Research Company. p. 287.
- ^ Jones, D. (2010). Spread Betting the Forex Markets: An expert guide to spread betting the foreign exchange markets. Harriman House. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-85719-033-8.