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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 banknote

We have security features in the banknote today that resonate with the international community.

All About the Benjamins: Here’s the Redesigned $100 Bill |Daniel Gross |October 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Now, you're going to have to excuse the Royalist's idiocy, but I didn't even know there was a £100 banknote.

Queen’s Head on New £100 Note |Tom Sykes |May 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Saxham, leaving a banknote lying on the counter, wheeled abruptly, and went out of the bar.

The Dop Doctor |Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
Diogenes sought them with a lantern, he seeks them with a banknote in his hand.

Napoleon the Little |Victor Hugo

Nino was silent, but there was a crisp sound in the air as he took a banknote from his pocket-book.

A Roman Singer |F. Marion Crawford
"Suppose you accept this dollar for it," and he passed over a banknote, which the stable man took with thanks.

The Rover Boys on a Tour |Arthur M. Winfield
I enclose a banknote for 10l., which pray, if you would oblige me, distribute among the servants at the Castle.

The Disentanglers |Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for banknote

banknote

/ (ˈbæŋkˌnəʊt) /

noun

a promissory note issued by a central bank, serving as money