That a piece of paper of no intrinsic value should pass for good money the world over is nothing less than a secular miracle.

一张没有内在价值的纸片竟然被全世界奉为优等货币，这简直是这个世俗世界的一个奇迹。

youdao

Money is not a piece of paper, nor is it the gold that backs that paper up.

钱不是一张纸，也不是那张纸所代表的黄金。

youdao

After all, what is money without the people's trust... it's just a devalued piece of worthless paper.

毕竟，没有人们信任的货币是什么呢？它只是一张毫无价值的废纸。

youdao

You put in time and potentially money, and you get back a piece of paper laying out what you already know.

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Money itself is just a collective agreement that a piece of paper can always be exchanged for goods or services.

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