bank note Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
    bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; government note; greenback.
    • he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

WordNet

Bank" note`
Definitions
  1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913