Bank bill - 5 dictionary results
bank bill
–noun Chiefly U.S.
| a bank note. |
Origin:
1690–1700
1690–1700

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| bank bill
n. See bank note. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| bank note
n. A note issued by a bank representing its promise to pay a specific sum to the bearer on demand and acceptable as money. Also called bank bill. |
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| bank bill | |
noun | |
| a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill] |
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Bank bill
Bank" bill`\ 1. 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. 2. 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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