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View synonyms for note of hand

note of hand

note of hand

noun

  1. another name for promissory note
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of note of hand1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

Joe drawed up a note of hand for Ike to sign, which Ike did; and Ike never thought no more about it.

Yes; Farmer Gammon has bought a thirty pound note of hand of yours.

Government agents were always conveniently turning up ready and willing to purchase mortgages and notes of hand, which were duly stored in the coffers of the Castle as a means of prospective coercion by-and-by.

The Bible; New use of a note of hand; The Ship of Death; Taste in tombstones; Tennyson's Word-painting, 573.

Gad! but I can see my notes of hand under Milward's elbow, growing... growing.

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