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Definition of Banknote
1. Noun. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank). "He peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
Generic synonyms: Folding Money, Paper Currency, Paper Money
Specialized synonyms: Silver Certificate, C-note, Hundred Dollar Bill, Fifty, Fifty Dollar Bill, Twenty, Twenty Dollar Bill, Ten Dollar Bill, Tenner, Five Dollar Bill, Five-spot, Fiver, Two Dollar Bill, Buck, Clam, Dollar, Dollar Bill, One Dollar Bill
Definition of Banknote
1. Noun. A piece of paper currency. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) A demand note issued by private banks presumably backed up by gold or silver coin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banknote
1. a promissory note [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banknote
Literary usage of Banknote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early American Engraving Upon Copper, 1727 by Grolier Club (1908)
"... EARLY AMERICAN banknote ENGRAVING 289 Perkins, Fairman & Heath. Specimen plate
of "patent hardened steel"; submitted in England in 1818, for preventing ..."
2. Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorus, Cements, Pastes, and Mucilages by Ferdinand Dawidowsky (1905)
"banknote or mouth glue. Dissolve by the aid of heat a fine quality of glue or
gelatine with about a quarter.or one- third of its weight of brown sugar, ..."
3. A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson (1913)
"Two years ago this fall, father threw me a banknote at table, and I purchased
this with it. Now it is my only headgear, except a sunbonnet. ..."
4. The War in Hungary, 1848-1849 by Max Schlesinger (1850)
"... appointed Commander-in-chief—the Finance Minister and the banknote-press—Austrian
Troops on the ..."
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