Does there exist a reversible monoid that fails to be Dedekind-finite?

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Call a ring with unity

  • reversible iff $xy = 0$ implies $yx = 0$.
  • Dedekind-finite iff $xy = 1$ implies $yx = 1$.

It is proved here that every reversible ring is Dedekind-finite.

Now clearly, the above definitions make sense for an arbitrary monoid with an absorbing element $0$ satisfying $x0 = 0$ and $0x = 0$. Call such a structure a monoid with zero.

Does there exist a reversible monoid with zero that fails to be Dedekind-finite?

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Take the bicyclic monoid B and add a zero. The resulting monoid is a reversible monoid with zero that fails to be Dedekind-finite.