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bank bill

–noun Chiefly U.S.
a bank note.

Origin:
1690–1700
bank bill  
n.   See bank note.

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.

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

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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