banknote
bank´note` Pronunciation: băņk´nōt`
| 1. | A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4. | |
| 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. | |
| 3. | A promissory note payable at a bank. | |
| 4. | A promissory note issued by an authorized bank, payable to the bearer on demand and intended to circulate as government-authorized money; in the United States such notes may only be issued by a Federal Reserve Bank; |
| Noun | 1. |  banknote - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, bill, note |