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noun

Bank bill n.

In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.

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Etymology of 'Bank bill'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... and many other things which were meant for her. Mrs. Button was very thankful. And when aunt Amy told her of certain plans, which she had arranged through Minnie's mother, by which she would have employment, and when she placed a bank bill in her hand as she arose to go, the poor woman was so overcome with grateful feeling she could not speak. She modestly raised the hand of her kind friend to her lips, kissed it, turned away, sunk into a seat, and buried her ...

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... his evidence before the House of Lords Committee on the Thrift and Credit Bank Bill (Paper ...

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