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单词 greenback
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Definition of greenback in English:

greenback

noun ˈɡriːnbakˈɡrinˌbæk
US informal
  • A dollar bill; a dollar.

    〈美,非正式〉一元美钞;一美元

    he's worth a boatload of greenbacks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the other hand, foreigners, stuck with unconvertible greenbacks since 1971, have had no choice but to adopt dollars, rather than gold, as the world's reserve asset.
    • ‘The sharp drop in the stock market further shook investors' confidence and brought some retail buying of greenbacks,’ a dealer at a foreign bank said.
    • Stars who were paid fifty grand in greenbacks at Carnegie Hall settled for thirty percent of that on the South Bank.
    • On the other hand, the appreciation of the NT dollar against the greenback will be beneficial in regulating the prices of imported goods and relieving potential inflation.
    • As the currency started to slip in May, companies with future-debt obligations denominated in dollars rushed to buy greenbacks.
    • Every month, the Fed prints new greenbacks and distributes them to a select group of housing developers, giving the new money in proportion to how many houses a particular builder constructs in a given period.
    • But another persistent economic trend is gumming up the works: foreign producers aren't raising dollar prices, despite the greenback's sharp decline over the past year.
    • After all, as long as China and Japan pursue export-led growth by refusing to let the dollar fall against their own currencies, the greenback will avoid a huge decline.
    • The greenback has fallen roughly 40 percent since its high point against the euro in October 2000.
    • Once outlawed as the currency of imperialism, greenbacks suddenly became not just accepted but necessary.
    • ‘We have obligations to our shareholders,’ says Helicar - as if a pile of greenbacks is worth more than someone's father, mother, sister, brother or child.
    • Estimated price is somewhere between 200-250 thousand greenbacks.
    • The local unit has gained about 5 percent against the greenback this year.
    • What's more, risk-averse investors in the U.S. Treasury market are more prone to hedge their exposure to the dollar by selling greenbacks.
    • The Australian dollar rose against the greenback for the 13th straight week.
    • He further threw his support behind China's insistence in pegging the yuan close to 8.28 to the greenback.
    • And a whopping 66 percent of overseas fund managers thought the greenback was still too dear, despite its recent decline.
    • A foreign exchange dealer said that the central bank was responsible for a large part of yesterday's drop, as it sold NT dollars heavily to buy greenbacks toward the session's close.
    • In a ‘dollarized’ economy - the US greenback and the Argentine peso have parity and are interchangeable - many of the city prices are surprisingly high.
    • It was successful initially and the economy grew quickly, as investors deemed dealing in greenbacks a safer bet.
    Synonyms
    cash, hard cash, ready money

Definition of greenback in US English:

greenback

nounˈɡrēnˌbakˈɡrinˌbæk
US informal
  • 1A dollar bill; a dollar.

    〈美,非正式〉一元美钞;一美元

    the beer she purchased with our last greenback

    花了我们最后一美元买到的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the other hand, the appreciation of the NT dollar against the greenback will be beneficial in regulating the prices of imported goods and relieving potential inflation.
    • What's more, risk-averse investors in the U.S. Treasury market are more prone to hedge their exposure to the dollar by selling greenbacks.
    • It was successful initially and the economy grew quickly, as investors deemed dealing in greenbacks a safer bet.
    • A foreign exchange dealer said that the central bank was responsible for a large part of yesterday's drop, as it sold NT dollars heavily to buy greenbacks toward the session's close.
    • In a ‘dollarized’ economy - the US greenback and the Argentine peso have parity and are interchangeable - many of the city prices are surprisingly high.
    • The Australian dollar rose against the greenback for the 13th straight week.
    • On the other hand, foreigners, stuck with unconvertible greenbacks since 1971, have had no choice but to adopt dollars, rather than gold, as the world's reserve asset.
    • But another persistent economic trend is gumming up the works: foreign producers aren't raising dollar prices, despite the greenback's sharp decline over the past year.
    • Estimated price is somewhere between 200-250 thousand greenbacks.
    • After all, as long as China and Japan pursue export-led growth by refusing to let the dollar fall against their own currencies, the greenback will avoid a huge decline.
    • ‘We have obligations to our shareholders,’ says Helicar - as if a pile of greenbacks is worth more than someone's father, mother, sister, brother or child.
    • Once outlawed as the currency of imperialism, greenbacks suddenly became not just accepted but necessary.
    • Every month, the Fed prints new greenbacks and distributes them to a select group of housing developers, giving the new money in proportion to how many houses a particular builder constructs in a given period.
    • As the currency started to slip in May, companies with future-debt obligations denominated in dollars rushed to buy greenbacks.
    • ‘The sharp drop in the stock market further shook investors' confidence and brought some retail buying of greenbacks,’ a dealer at a foreign bank said.
    • And a whopping 66 percent of overseas fund managers thought the greenback was still too dear, despite its recent decline.
    • The greenback has fallen roughly 40 percent since its high point against the euro in October 2000.
    • Stars who were paid fifty grand in greenbacks at Carnegie Hall settled for thirty percent of that on the South Bank.
    • He further threw his support behind China's insistence in pegging the yuan close to 8.28 to the greenback.
    • The local unit has gained about 5 percent against the greenback this year.
  • 2An animal with a green back, especially a race of the cutthroat trout found only in Colorado.

    〈非正式〉背部呈绿色的动物(尤指一种只产于美国科罗拉多州的割喉鳟)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Already, 23 self-sustaining populations of greenback cutthroat trout have been recovered and the species has been reclassified to the less critical category of threatened.
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