bank·note

(băngk′nōt′)

1. A piece of paper currency.

2. A promissory note issued by a central bank.

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banknote

(ˈbæŋkˌnəʊt)

(Banking & Finance) a promissory note issued by a central bank, serving as money

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Noun

banknote - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"

bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, bill, note

folding money, paper currency, paper money - currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie

silver certificate - formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver

c-note, hundred dollar bill - a United States bill worth 100 dollars

fifty dollar bill, fifty - a United States bill worth 50 dollars

twenty dollar bill, twenty - a United States bill worth 20 dollars

ten dollar bill, tenner - a United States bill worth 10 dollars

five dollar bill, fiver, five-spot - a United States bill worth 5 dollars

two dollar bill - a United States bill worth 2 dollars

dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam, dollar - a piece of paper money worth one dollar

banknote

noun paper money, greenback (U.S.) He thrust the banknote back into his pocket.

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Translations

وَرَقَة مالِيَّة

bankovka

pengeseddel

Banknote Geldschein

χαρτονόμισμα τραπεζογραμμάτιο

billete billete de banco

seteli

billet de banque

שטר

novčanica

bankjegy

banconota biglietto di banca

紙幣

지폐

banknotas

bankovec

sedel

ธนบัตร

kağıt para

giấy bạc

钞票

banknote

[ˈbæŋknəʊt] N → billete m de banco

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banknote

bank note [ˈbæŋknəʊt] n → billet m de banquebank raid n (= bank robbery) → braquage m de banquebank rate n → taux m de l'escomptebank robber n → braqueur m de banquebank robbery n → braquage m de banque

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banknote

[ˈbæŋkˌnəʊt] n → banconota

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

banknote

→ وَرَقَة مالِيَّة bankovka pengeseddel Banknote χαρτονόμισμα billete, billete de banco seteli billet de banque novčanica banconota 紙幣 지폐 bankbiljet pengeseddel banknot cédula, nota банкнота sedel ธนบัตร kağıt para giấy bạc 钞票

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With throbbing heart, with eager, trembling fingers, she drew her little white silk bag from her bosom and took out the banknotes to inclose them in the letter.

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Caderousse had once more parted with his treasure -- the banknotes were replaced in the pocket-book, the gold put back into the bag, and the whole carefully locked in the cupboard.

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I am an officer of fortune, nothing else; I have nothing but what my sword brings me in -- that is to say, more blows than banknotes. Now, on taking prisoners, this morning, two Frenchmen, who seemed to me of high birth -- in short, two knights of the Garter -- I said to myself, my fortune is made.

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In one place one hears of a student's robbing the mail on the high road; in another place people of good social position forge false banknotes; in Moscow of late a whole gang has been captured who used to forge lottery tickets, and one of the ringleaders was a lecturer in universal history; then our secretary abroad was murdered from some obscure motive of gain.

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Outside, Comrade Ossipon, flush of safe banknotes as never before in his life, refused the offer of a cab.

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On the table lay two banknotes for ten pounds each and seventeen pounds ten in silver and gold, the money arranged in little piles of varying amount.

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