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bank note

or bank·note

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noun

a promissory note, payable on demand, issued by an authorized bank and intended to circulate as money.

Origin of bank note

First recorded in 1685–95

Words nearby bank note

bank indicator, bank loan, bank manager, bank money, bank night, bank note, bank of england, bank of issue, bank on, bank paper, bank rate

Example sentences from the Web for bank note

Could not you send me a bank-note by the Hastings Post of Monday?

Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) |Edward Gibbon
I can't tell you how much it was for; I only know it was a bank-note.

The Fallen Leaves |Wilkie Collins
And the liberal young fellow passed a bank-note across to the chaplain.

The Virginians |William Makepeace Thackeray
Mechanically she took it up and opened it; it was a bank-note for one hundred pounds.

East Lynne |Mrs. Henry Wood

That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.

Johnny Ludlow, Second Series |Mrs. Henry Wood