banknote
Noun
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Noun
banknote (plural banknotes)
- (now, historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary. [from 17th c.]
- 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, I.4:
- Was Captain Macheath here this Morning, for the Bank-notes he left with you last Week?
- 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, I.4:
- A piece of paper currency. [from 18th c.]
- (piece of paper currency) note (commonplace in the United Kingdom and Ireland), bill (more common in the United States and Canada)
- French: billet de banque, billet, biffeton (slang)
- German: Geldschein, Banknote, Schein
- Italian: banconota, biglietto, denaro, cartamoneta
- Portuguese: cédula, nota
- Russian: банкно́та
- Spanish: billete
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