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
We have security features in the banknote today that resonate with the international community.
All About the Benjamins: Here’s the Redesigned $100 Bill | Daniel Gross | October 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, you're going to have to excuse the Royalist's idiocy, but I didn't even know there was a £100 banknote.
Lockley put a banknote on the kitchen table, with a weight on it to keep it from blowing away.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsMrs. Trevel grasped the banknote, with a vivid spot of colour on each faded cheek, and could scarcely speak in her excitement.
A Son of Perdition | Fergus HumeIn the meantime Dave scanned the bill that had been presented for the meal, then laid a banknote on the bill.
Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service | H. Irving Hancock
"Suppose you accept this dollar for it," and he passed over a banknote, which the stable man took with thanks.
The Rover Boys on a Tour | Arthur M. WinfieldHe picked up the five-guinea banknote, whilst she read, with surprise, 'Susan's Lamentation for her Lamb.'
The Parent's Assistant | Maria Edgeworth
British Dictionary definitions for banknote
/ (ˈbæŋkˌnəʊt) /
a promissory note issued by a central bank, serving as money
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