bank note

or banknote

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noun
  1. a promissory note, payable on demand, issued by an authorized bank and intended to circulate as money.

Origin of bank note

1
First recorded in 1685–95

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How to use bank note in a sentence

  • One cannot light one's cigarette by twisting a hundred-pound bank-note and sticking it into an electric chandelier.

    The Regent | E. Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for banknote

banknote

/ (ˈbæŋkˌnəʊt) /


noun
  1. a promissory note issued by a central bank, serving as money

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