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Webster 1913 Edition
bank note
bank′noteˊ
,bank′ noteˊ
(băṉk′nōtˊ)
. 1.
A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4.
☞ In the United States popularly called a
bank bill
. 2.
Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See
Bank bill
, 2. [Obs.]
3.
A promissory note payable at a bank.