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noun

bank note, banknote n.

A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4. Note: In the United States popularly called a bank bill.

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.)

A promissory note payable at a bank.

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.

Synonyms: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, Federal Reserve note, greenback.

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