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bank paper
noun
- drafts, bills, and acceptances payable by banks.
- commercial paper that may be discounted in a bank.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bank paper1
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Example Sentences
First, the unstable bank paper money defrauded the wage earner of a considerable portion of the purchasing power of his wages.
Some time in 1862 a large deficiency in the stock of bank paper unglazed was discovered at the mills.
It may be safely assumed that no motive of convenience to the citizens requires the reception of bank paper.
He knew one person from whom they took 200,000 francs, giving him bank paper instead.
The next year they stopped all bank paper sent forth under the authority of the states by means of a prohibitive tax.
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