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. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States popularly called a {bank bill}. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 3. A promissory note payable at a bank. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] 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}]
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