promissory note

A negotiable written promise to pay a specified sum of money on demand or at a particular time.

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promissory note

(Banking & Finance) chiefly commerce US a document, usually negotiable, containing a signed promise to pay a stated sum of money to a specified person at a designated date or on demand. Also called: note or note of hand

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

prom′issory note′

a written promise to pay a specified sum of money at a fixed time or on demand.

[1700–10]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

promissory note - a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank"

note of hand, note

certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation - a written promise to repay a debt

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

Translations

billet à ordre

cambiale pagherò

wissel

promissory note

[ˈprɒmɪsərɪˌnəʊt] N (esp US) → pagaré m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

promissory note

n → Schuldschein m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

promissory note

[ˈprɒmɪsərɪˌnəʊt‘] n → pagherò m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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THE People being dissatisfied with a Democratic Legislature, which stole no more than they had, elected a Republican one, which not only stole all they had but exacted a promissory note for the balance due, secured by a mortgage upon their hope of death.

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But once the countess called her son and informed him that she had a promissory note from Anna Mikhaylovna for two thousand rubles, and asked him what he thought of doing with it.

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Then he recalled the scandal with a sharper, to whom he had lost money, and given a promissory note, and against whom he had himself lodged a complaint, asserting that he had cheated him.

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Evidently a promissory note. An angel on earth, sent by an inhuman father, to ask a Jew for discount!

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Moss, the Colonel, then a bachelor, had been liberated by the generosity of his aunt; on the second mishap, little Becky, with the greatest spirit and kindness, had borrowed a sum of money from Lord Southdown and had coaxed her husband's creditor (who was her shawl, velvet-gown, lace pocket-handkerchief, trinket, and gim-crack purveyor, indeed) to take a portion of the sum claimed and Rawdon's promissory note for the remainder: so on both these occasions the capture and release had been conducted with the utmost gallantry on all sides, and Moss and the Colonel were therefore on the very best of terms.

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'No,' said Fledgeby; 'provided you have brought my promissory note in your pocket, and now hand it over.'

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Glegg her loan of five hundred pounds, it naturally occurred to him that he had a promissory note for three hundred pounds lent to his brother-in-law Moss; and if the said brother-in-law could manage to pay in the money within a given time, it would go far to lessen the fallacious air of inconvenience which Mr.

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Expert in legal matters, he never signed a promissory note; and had prudently attached his own salary under the names of fictitious creditors, so that he was able to draw nearly the whole of it himself.

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Ah, my husband is a sort of promissory note; I'm tired of meeting him.

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Godfrey a present of certain promissory notes of his (relating to former dealings) which were then in the money-lender's possession.

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'The attorney cast a still more anxious look at the packet; and his visitor, untying the string that bound it, disclosed a quantity of promissory notes, with copies of deeds, and other documents.

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For howsoever bad the devil can be in fustian or smock-frock (and he can be very bad in both), he is a more designing, callous, and intolerable devil when he sticks a pin in his shirt-front, calls himself a gentleman, backs a card or colour, plays a game or so of billiards, and knows a little about bills and promissory notes than in any other form he wears.

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