- bank note
-
a promissory note, payable on demand, issued by an authorized bank and intended to circulate as money.Also, banknote.[1685-95]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
bank note
Look at other dictionaries:
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
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… … Financial and business terms
