| promissory note | |
| —n | |
| chiefly (US) commerce note, Also called: note of hand a document, usually negotiable, containing a signed promise to pay a stated sum of money to a specified person at a designated date or on demand | |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |