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A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
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banknote
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A banknote (often known as a bill , paper money , or simply a note ) is a type of negotiable instrument known as a promissory note , made by a bank , payable to the bearer on demand. Banknotes were originally issued by commercial banks, who were legally ...
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n. 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 , bank note , Federal Reserve note , greenback ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And occasionally small finds, some coins; a banknote in a pocket. ▪ Could we produce to our normal high standards as many copies as possible of the enclosed 5 Naira banknote ? ▪ The last franc-denominated coin was struck some ...
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Wishing to pay not only for his own asters but for the whole now unified bouquet, and somewhat bewildered by the look of a currency so rich in zeroes, he drew banknotes from his wallet.
With a sigh of relief he rose to hands and knees and began to gather the fallen banknotes.
Among other matters, Allworthy now acquainted Jones with the discovery which he had made concerning the L500 banknotes.
When Doris returned after the few seconds required to stuff her fist with banknotes, he parted from Cathy to display a stiff erection.
I grasped the banknotes, stuffed them into my pockets, raked in the gold without counting it, and started to leave the Casino.
Then he put away his dagger, made a bundle containing banknotes, gold and silver ingots, two copies of the Sutra in Forty-Two Sections, his kungfu primer, the sleeping potion, and of course the remains of the powder.
Eugene accepted the draft, and received the banknotes in exchange for it.
Having accumulated two large chests of gold coins, precious jewelry and banknotes I was prepared to make certain adjustments in my mode of living.
Then rising to my feet I reached into my pocket and took out the banknotes I had brought for her.
However, he sent her banknotes by post, less than formerly, varying in amounts, but she accepted the fluctuations.
Grumbling to himself, he strolled slowly off in the direction of the other tollbooths, holding the banknote out in front of him, as if it was covered in plague bacteria.
From the camps entire trainloads of gold trinkets, diamonds, sapphires, rubies, silver ingots, louis Wor, gold dollars, and banknotes of every kind and description were shipped back to the SS headquarters inside Germany.
Quickly grabbing the two copies of the Sutra in Forty- Two Sections and a handful of banknotes, he stuffed them into his inside pocket, then blew out the candle and set off.
The eunuchs were too busy chasing banknotes to notice that he had gone.
Those wanderings led him to the prostrate red-light district, where in other times bundles of banknotes had been burned to liven up the revels, and which at that time was a maze of streets more afflicted and miserable than the others, with a few red lights still burning and with deserted dance halls adorned with the remnants of wreaths, where the pale, fat widows of no one, the French great-grandmothers and the Babylonian matriarchs, were still waiting beside their photographs.