currency notes

Cash in hand

Currency notes are paper money issued by a government or central bank—the physical bills that circulate as legal tender.

The term is slightly formal, more common in British English and official contexts than in everyday American speech, where *bills* or *cash* is typical: The ATM dispensed crisp currency notes.

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face value · serial number · central bank · hologram · exchange · foreign exchange · polymer · paper · counterfeit · funny money · microprinting · trade · embossing · intaglio · Afghanis · gold standard · payment · spending money

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Opposites
physical form of money

currency notescoins

Metal money units

coinage · specie · hard money · loose change · gold coins

tangibility of payment

currency notesdigital currency

Currency stored electronically

electronic money · cryptocurrency · bank transfers · virtual currency · credit

monetary instrument type

currency noteschecks

Bank payment documents

cheques · promissory notes · money orders · bank drafts · IOUs

Family

notes, currency, banknote

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G