Bank-note

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  banknote \bank"note`\, bank note \bank"
  note`\(b[a^][ng]k"n[=o]t`).
     1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company,
        payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4.
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     Note: In the United States popularly called a {bank bill}.
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     2. Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking
        company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a
        bank bill. See {Bank bill}, 2. [Obs.]
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     3. A promissory note payable at a bank.
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     4. A promissory note issued by an authorized bank, payable to
        the bearer on demand and intended to circulate as
        government-authorized money; in the United States such
        notes may only be issued by a Federal Reserve Bank; as, he
        peeled off five one-thousand-zloty banknotes.
  
     Syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill,
          bank note, Federal Reserve note, greenback.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  banknote
       n : 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}, {Federal Reserve note}, {greenback}]