ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order,
postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order,
warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat † ; blueback [U.S.], hundi † ,
shinplaster [U.S.].
note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check;
negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW.
remittance &c (payment) 807; credit &c 805; liability &c 806.
drawer, drawee † ; obligor † , obligee † ; moneyer † , coiner.
false money, bad money; base coin, flash note, slip † , kite [Slang]; fancy stocks; Bank
of Elegance.
argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.].
letter of credit.
circulation, multiplier effect.
[variation in the value of currency] inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation,
erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency; deflation; stagflation.
[relative value of two currencies] exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange
rates, fixed rates.
[place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de
change [Fr.].
gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard.
bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW
account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of
deposit, CD.
[money symbols] $ [U.S.], US$ [U.S.]; Y; A$.
[authorities controlling currency] Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.], central bank [U.S.];
Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve; Treasury Department;
Secret Service.
[place where money is manufactured] mint, bureau of engraving.
[government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage.
[false money] counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood) 545.
[cost of money] interest, interest rate, discount rate.
V. amount to, come to, mount up to; touch the pocket; draw, draw upon; indorse &c
(security) 771; issue, utter; discount &c 813; back; demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize † ,
monetize.
circulate, be in circulation; be out of circulation.
[manufacture currency] mint (coins), coin; print (paper currency).
[vary the value of money] inflate, deflate; debase; devalue, revalue.
[vary the amount of money] circulate, put in circulation; withdraw from circulation.
[change the type of currency] exchange currencies, change money.
charge interest; pay interest; lose interest.
Adj. monetary, pecuniary, crumenal † , fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic,
numismatical † ; sterling; nummary † .
Phr. barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives [Lat.] [Ovid]; but the jingling of the guinea
helps the hurt that honor feels [Tennyson]; Gelt regiert die Welt [G.], money rules the
world, money makes the world go round; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam [Lat.] [Cicero];
redet Geld so schweigt die Welt [G.]; money is the mother's milk of politics [Tip