'Greenback' definitions:

Definition of 'greenback'

(from WordNet)
noun
A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback]

Definition of 'Greenback'

From: GCIDE
  • Greenback \Green"back"\, n. One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'greenback'

From: GCIDE
  • Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See Gar, n.] (Zool.) (a) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribb[ae]us, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. [1913 Webster]

Greenback, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Greenback, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
Population (2000) :
954
Housing Units (2000) :
416
Land area (2000) :
7.081947 sq. miles (18.342157 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.127051 sq. miles (0.329060 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
7.208998 sq. miles (18.671217 sq. km)
FIPS code :
30880
Located within :
Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location :
35.655751 N, 84.164898 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
37742
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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