In British English, a note is a piece of paper money.
A piece of American paper money is called a bill, not a 'note'.
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Noun | 1. | note - a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment" written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events marginalia - notes written in the margin minute - a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting" |
2. | ![]() personal letter - a letter dealing with personal affairs excuse - a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" | |
3. | ![]() musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) supertonic - (music) the second note of a diatonic scale mediant - (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant subdominant - (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale dominant - (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale submediant - (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic) leading tone, subtonic - (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale pedal, pedal point - a sustained bass note middle C - the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz chord - a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together passing note, passing tone - a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes semibreve, whole note - a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) quarter note, crotchet - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note eighth note, quaver - a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note semiquaver, sixteenth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note demisemiquaver, thirty-second note - a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note blue note - a flattened third or seventh monotone - a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) | |
4. | note - a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice" tone, tone of voice - the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" | |
5. | note - 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" air, aura, atmosphere - a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" | |
6. | ![]() bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, bill 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 two dollar bill - a United States bill worth 2 dollars | |
7. | note - 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" poste restante - a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada) commentary, comment - a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" cite, quotation, reference, mention, acknowledgment, citation, credit - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" N.B., nota bene, NB - a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs" postscript, PS - a note appended to a letter after the signature | |
8. | note - high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" high status - a position of superior status king - preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts" | |
9. | ![]() demand note - a note payable on demand note receivable - your right in a promissory note in which the maker promises to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time note payable - a note promising to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time municipal note - a municipal debt instrument with a maturity of less than 2 years IOU - an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you' time note - a note that specifies the time (or times) of repayment | |
Verb | 1. | note - make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" |
2. | note - notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" take notice - observe with special attention; "Take notice of the great architecture" | |
3. | note - observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction" | |
4. | note - make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning" set down, write down, get down, put down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. |
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breve | double-whole note |
semibreve | whole note |
minim | half note |
crotchet | quarter note |
quaver | eighth note |
semiquaver | sixteenth note |
demisemiquaver | thirty-second note |
hemidemisemiquaver | sixty-fourth note |