banknote

Etymology

From bank + note.

noun

  1. A piece of currency made of paper or polymer.
  2. (now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
    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

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