What is "note"

Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr. accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.]

1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. ``The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.''
   --Sir M. Hale.

2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.

3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.
   --Sir W. Scott.

4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. ``To come to terms of accommodation.''
   --Macaulay.

5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.

   Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations.
   --Paley.

6. (Com.)

   1. A loan of money.

   2. An accommodation bill or note.

      Accommodation bill, or note (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit.

      Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations.

      Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

Raise \Raise\ (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raised (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raising.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of r[=i]sa to rise. See Rise, and cf. Rear to raise.]

1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight. Hence, figuratively:

   1. To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.

      This gentleman came to be raised to great titles.
      --Clarendon.

      The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece.
      --Sir W. Temple.

   2. To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.

   3. To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.

2. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff. Hence:

   1. To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.

      They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
      --Job xiv. 12.

   2. To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.

      He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
      --Ps. cvii. 25.

      [AE]neas . . . employs his pains, In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains.
      --Dryden.

   3. To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to.

      Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead ?
      --Acts xxvi. 8.

3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like. Hence, specifically:

   1. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.

      I will raise forts against thee.
      --Isa. xxix. 3.

   2. To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like. ``To raise up a rent.''
      --Chaucer.

   3. To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle. ``He raised sheep.'' ``He raised wheat where none grew before.''
      --Johnson's Dict.

      Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the Southern States, raise is also commonly applied to the rearing or bringing up of children.

      I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the mountains of the North.
      --Paulding.

   4. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.

      I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
      --Deut. xviii. 18.

      God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.
      --Milton.

   5. To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.

      Thou shalt not raise a false report.
      --Ex. xxiii. 1.

   6. To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.

      Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
      --Dryden.

   7. To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.

4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.

   Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
   --Spectator.

5. (Naut.)

   1. To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.

   2. To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.

6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
   --Burrill.

   To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.

   To raise a check, note, bill of exchange, etc., to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

   To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished.

   To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure.

   To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporary expedient. [Colloq.]

   To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang]

   Syn: To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause; produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.

c.1200, "observe, take mental note of, mark carefully," from Old French noter "indicate, designate; take note of, write down," from Latin notare "to mark, to note, to make a note," from nota "mark, sign, note, character, letter" (see note (n.)). Meaning "to set in writing" is from early 14c. Related: Noted; noting.

c.1300, "a song, music, instrumental music; a musical note," from Latin nota "letter, character, note," originally "a mark, sign, means of recognition," which is perhaps related to notus, past participle of noscere (Old Latin *gnoscere) "to know" (see know). Meaning "notice, attention, reputation" is early 14c. Meaning "brief writing" is from 1540s.

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (context uncountable UK dialectal Northern England Ireland Scotland English) use; employment. 2 (context uncountable English) utility; profit; advantage; foredeal; benefit; pains. 3 (context countable English) affair, matter, concern. 4 (context countable English) business; undertaking; task, duty; purpose. 5 (context UK dialectal Northern England Ireland Scotland English) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow gives milk; the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period. n. 1 (context uncountable UK dialectal Northern England Ireland Scotland English) use; employment. 2 (context uncountable English) utility; profit; advantage; foredeal; benefit; pains. 3 (context countable English) affair, matter, concern. 4 (context countable English) business; undertaking; task, duty; purpose. 5 (context UK dialectal Northern England Ireland Scotland English) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow gives milk; the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period. Etymology 2

alt. 1 (context transitive UK dialectal Northern England Scotland English) To use; make use of; employ. 2 (context transitive UK dialectal Northern England Scotland English) To use for food; eat. vb. 1 (context transitive UK dialectal Northern England Scotland English) To use; make use of; employ. 2 (context transitive UK dialectal Northern England Scotland English) To use for food; eat. Etymology 3

n. 1 (label en heading) ''A symbol or annotation.'' 2 # A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed. 2 (context transitive English) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. 3 (context transitive English) To denote; to designate. 4 (context transitive English) To annotate. 5 (context transitive English) To set down in musical characters. 6 (context transitive English) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. Etymology 4

vb. (context obsolete English) (contraction of ne mote may not English) Etymology 5

vb. To butt; to push with the horns.

1. n. a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there" [syn: short letter, line, billet]

2. a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"

3. a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm"

4. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback]

5. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" [syn: musical note, tone]

6. a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: annotation, notation]

7. high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction, preeminence]

8. a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice"

9. a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank" [syn: promissory note, note of hand]

1. v. make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" [syn: observe, mention, remark]

2. notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" [syn: notice, mark] [ant: ignore]

3. observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction" [syn: take note, observe]

4. make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning" [syn: take down]

Note, notes, or NOTE may refer to:

A note is a string of text placed at the bottom of a page in a book or document or at the end of a chapter, volume or the whole text. The note can provide an author's comments on the main text or citations of a reference work in support of the text, or both. In English, a footnote is normally flagged by a superscripted number immediately following that portion of the text the note is in reference to, each such footnote being numbered sequentially.

Occasionally a number between brackets or parentheses is used instead, thus: [1]. Typographical devices such as the asterisk (*) or dagger (†) may also be used to point to footnotes; the traditional order of these symbols in English is *, †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶. Historically, ☞ was also at the end of this list. In documents like timetables, many different symbols, as well as letters and numbers, may be used to refer the reader to particular notes. In John Bach McMaster's multi-volume History of the People of the United States the sequence runs *, †, ‡, # (instead of §), ‖, Δ (instead of ¶), ◊, ↓, ↕, ↑. In Arabic texts, a specific Arabic footnote marker (؂), encoded as U+0602 in Unicode, is also used. In Japanese, the corresponding symbol is ※ (U+203B). is the way to enter the symbol in MS Gothic.

The London printer Richard Jugge (died 1577) is cited as the inventor of the footnote.

In some editions of the Bible notes are placed in a narrow column in the middle of each page between two columns of biblical text.

Footnotes are notes at the foot of the page while endnotes are collected under a separate heading at the end of a chapter, volume, or entire work. Unlike footnotes, endnotes have the advantage of not affecting the layout of the main text, but may cause inconvenience to readers who have to move back and forth between the main text and the endnotes.

The US Government Printing Office Style Manual devotes over two to the topic of footnotes. NASA has guidance for footnote usage in its historical documents.

Notes in perfumery are descriptors of scents that can be sensed upon the application of a perfume. Notes are separated into three classes; top/head notes, middle/heart notes, and base notes; which denote groups of scents which can be sensed with respect to the time after the application of a perfume. These notes are created carefully with knowledge of the evaporation process and intended use of the perfume. The presence of one note may alter the perception of another - for instance, the presence of certain base or heart notes will alter the scent perceived when the top notes are strongest, and likewise the scent of base notes in the dry-down will often be altered depending on the smells of the heart notes.

The idea of notes is used primarily for the marketing of fine fragrances. The term is sometimes used by perfumers to describe approximately scents or the perfumery process to laypeople.