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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
English Currency (Cockney Rhyming Slang)
[4]
Generic Term: "bread" from "Bread & Honey" for "Money"
£5: "Lady Godiva" or "fiver"
£10: "cockle" from "Cock & Hen" or "tenner"
£1000: "bag" from "Bag of Sand" for "grand"
Other
Aussie –
Australian dollar
[5]
Bank
[6]
Benjamins
[6]
Benjie – a name for a
USD $100 bill that was sometimes tucked away by touring
deadheads for emergency use
[7]
Bills
[6]
Bones
[6]
Bread
[6]
Buck/bucks
[5]
C-note - slang for $100 bill (for the Roman numeral C, meaning 100)
Cabbage
[6]
Cheddar
Clams
[6]
Coin
[6]
Cream
Chips
Dead presidents
[6]
Dosh
[8]
Dough
[9]
Fiver
[9] – £5 note, USD $5 bill
Grand
[9] – £1,000, USD $1,000
Greenbacks
[10]
[5]
Green Stuff
Gs
[9] – Increments of USD $1,000
Jackson
[9] – USD $20 bill
Kiwi – slang term for the currency of New Zealand
[5]
Large
[9] – £1,000, USD $1,000
Lettuce
[9]
Loonie – refers to the Canadian dollar,
[5] because the Canadian dollar coin has an image of the common
loon on its reverse side
[11]
Loot
Moolah
[9]
P – money,
pennies
Perak –
Indonesian rupiah for coin, derivative from
silver .
Quid –
Pound sterling
Racks – large sums of money, 10 of these make one stack
Rocks –
coins
Sawbuck
[9]
Scratch
[9]
Singles
Smackers
Soft money – a colloquial term for paper currency in the United States
[10]
Spot – such as "five spot",
[9] "ten spot",
[9] etc.
Stacks - large sums of money, 10 racks
Tenner
[9] – £10 note, USD $10 bill
Toonie – Canadian two dollar coin
Two bits
Wad
Wonga – British slang
[12]
Conto – Brazilian Real
Pau – Brazilian Real
Pila – Brazilian Real
See also
References
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ISBN
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