bank note

bank note
A term used synonymously with paper money or currency issued by a bank. Notes are, in effect, a promise to pay the bearer on demand the amount stated on the face of the note. Today, only the Federal Reserve Banks are authorized to issue bank notes, i.e. Federal Reserve notes, in the United States. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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  • bank-note — ⇒BANK( )NOTE, (BANK NOTE, BANK NOTE)subst. FIN. (Angleterre), vx. Billet de banque ayant cours en Angleterre; p. ext., billet de banque : • 1. Le papier monnaie que l Angleterre mit en circulation de 1798 à 1818 (bank notes), ne subit pas une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bank note — ⇒BANK( )NOTE, (BANK NOTE, BANK NOTE)subst. FIN. (Angleterre), vx. Billet de banque ayant cours en Angleterre; p. ext., billet de banque : • 1. Le papier monnaie que l Angleterre mit en circulation de 1798 à 1818 (bank notes), ne subit pas une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bank note — see note Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. bank note …   Law dictionary

  • bank note — bank′note n. bus a promissory note, payable on demand, issued by an authorized bank and intended to circulate as money • Etymology: 1685–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • bank note — n. a promissory note issued by a bank, payable on demand: it is a form of paper money …   English World dictionary

  • (Bank)Note — [Basiswortschatz (Rating 1 1500)] Auch: • (Geld)Schein Bsp.: • Die Geldscheine waren alt und schmutzig …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • bank note — banknote ank note , bank note ank note (b[a^][ng]k n[=o]t ). 1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States popularly called a {bank bill}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bank note — noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) he peeled off five one thousand zloty notes • Syn: ↑bill, ↑note, ↑government note, ↑bank bill, ↑banker s bill, ↑banknote, ↑Federal Reser …   Useful english dictionary

  • bank-note — (ban knô t ) s. f. Billet de banque ayant cours en Angleterre. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Angl. bank note, de bank, banque, et note, billet (voy. note) …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Bank-note detector — Detector De*tect or, n. [L., a revealer.] One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak. [1913 Webster] A deathbed s detector of the heart. Young. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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