bank note
or banknote
a promissory note, payable on demand, issued by an authorized bank and intended to circulate as money.
Origin of bank note
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How to use bank note in a sentence
The central bank is constantly redesigning and rethinking the design of every bank note—except the lowly $1 bill.
All About the Benjamins: Here’s the Redesigned $100 Bill | Daniel Gross | October 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe took the ten-dollar bank note from his pocket, straightened out the wrinkles and looked at it disdainfully.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerHandling George Fielding's letter with his delicate fingers, he had satisfied himself there was a bank-note in it.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeThe bank note I found may have never been in the possession of Mr. Carson.
The Call of the Beaver Patrol | V. T. ShermanHe took a roll of bills from his pocket, stripped off a twenty-dollar bank-note and handed it to Matt.
Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
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
/ (ˈbæŋkˌnəʊt) /
a promissory note issued by a central bank, serving as money
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