bank paper

noun

1. drafts, bills, and acceptances payable by banks.
2. commercial paper that may be discounted in a bank.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bank paper¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

First, the unstable bank paper money defrauded the wage earner of a considerable portion of the purchasing power of his wages.

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Some time in 1862 a large deficiency in the stock of bank paper unglazed was discovered at the mills.

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It may be safely assumed that no motive of convenience to the citizens requires the reception of bank paper.

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He knew one person from whom they took 200,000 francs, giving him bank paper instead.

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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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