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banknote

ˈbæŋkˌnoʊt
WordNet
Banknote of ten guilders with on the front (side with portrait Frans Hals) with ballpoint the text Excuse to Suriname and on the back Leve Bouterse Weg met Ned. Neo Colonialism.
Banknote of ten guilders with on the front (side with portrait Frans Hals) with ballpoint the text Excuse to Suriname and on the back Leve Bouterse Weg met Ned. Neo Colonialism.
  1. (n) banknote
    a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
Illustrations
A perspex diptych, number 0027, with the last six guilder banknotes cast in it.
A perspex diptych, number 0027, with the last six guilder banknotes cast in it.
Four banknotes of f10.00, with a figure of the Gray on the front top right. Signed: front. Dated: downside.
Four banknotes of f10.00, with a figure of the Gray on the front top right. Signed: front. Dated: downside.
Two pink banknotes with text in gray-black print and a red triangle. Ten pfennig: 'Gutschein über 10 Reichspfennig'. Only for prisoners of war: 'Kriegsgefangenen Lagergeld'. The note is numbered.
Two pink banknotes with text in gray-black print and a red triangle. Ten pfennig: 'Gutschein über 10 Reichspfennig'. Only for prisoners of war: 'Kriegsgefangenen Lagergeld'. The note is numbered.
A (pale) pink banknote with text in gray-black print and a triangle. Ten pfennig: 'Gutschein über 10 Reichspfennig'. Only for prisoners of war: 'Kriegsgefangenen Lagergeld'. The note is numbered.
A (pale) pink banknote with text in gray-black print and a triangle. Ten pfennig: 'Gutschein über 10 Reichspfennig'. Only for prisoners of war: 'Kriegsgefangenen Lagergeld'. The note is numbered.
Green banknote with text in gray-black print and a red triangle. 2 mark note: 'Gutschein über 2 Reichsmark'. Only for prisoners of war: 'Kriegsgefangenen Lagergeld'. The note is numbered.
Green banknote with text in gray-black print and a red triangle. 2 mark note: 'Gutschein über 2 Reichsmark'. Only for prisoners of war: 'Kriegsgefangenen Lagergeld'. The note is numbered.
A 'European star' made of perspex with 5 points, it contains the 7 Euro banknotes according to the following specification: € 500, number S00460074724 € 200, number P00000261073 € 100, number S04542232183 € 50, number X03227501954 € 20, number Z41015669112 € 10, number T20291718129 € 5, number V03670986631.
A 'European star' made of perspex with 5 points, it contains the 7 Euro banknotes according to the following specification: € 500, number S00460074724 € 200, number P00000261073 € 100, number S04542232183 € 50, number X03227501954 € 20, number Z41015669112 € 10, number T20291718129 € 5, number V03670986631.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. banknote
    A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4.
  2. banknote
    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; as, he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty banknotes.
  3. banknote
    A promissory note payable at a bank.
  4. banknote
    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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) banknote
    A promissory note payable on demand, made and issued by a bank authorized by law, and intended to circulate as money. In the United States frequently called bank-bill.
Usage in the news

South Africa immortalized former President Nelson Mandela in a set of banknotes bearing the image of the anti-apartheid leader. cbsnews.com

South Africa immortalizes Mandela on banknote . cbsnews.com

The Bank of Canada purged the image of an Asian-looking woman from its new $100 banknotes after focus groups raised questions about her ethnicity. innipegfreepress.com

Caucasian replaces Asian on banknote. innipegfreepress.com

The BankNote 's $25 million renovation, currently underway, will include new elevators, lobbies and windows. bxtimes.com

Caucasian replaces Asian on banknote. innipegfreepress.com

Chadwick Wasilenkoff, CEO Fortress Group holds a winning hand with new secure banknotes that his company produces. vancouversun.com

VIENNA— First in a series of articles about the Jan 1 introduction of euro banknotes and coins. nytimes.com

Paper banknotes, passports, identification cards, certificates, checks, bonds, and warranties all frequently feature guilloché pattern. maa.org

A 20,000 rial banknote, which today was worth less than 60 cents. gpb.org

Trackable Banknotes, at Last. spectrum.ieee.org

A Bank of Canada scientist demonstrates how the durability of the new polymer banknotes is tested. vancouversun.com

South Africa banknotes with Nelson Mandela's image enter circulation . foxnews.com

JOHANNESBURG – New South African banknotes featuring the image of former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela are going into circulation . foxnews.com

JOHANNESBURG — New South African banknotes featuring the image of former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela are going into circulation . therepublic.com

Usage in scientific papers

We describe an exchange machine, which can enter banknotes in denominations of 100 dollars.
Theory of processes

From the eighteenth century, fiat money has become dominant, but its presence in the form of coins or banknotes has become increasingly marginal.
Interest prohibition and financial product innovation

The fact that the shared key is (or can be) used up each time authentication takes place renders the EPR protocol better for certain purposes: for example, for banknotes it could be good that the state is returned to the bank and destroyed in the authentication process.
Quantum secure identification using entanglement and catalysis

Usage in literature

They ain't so common as go about with their pockets full of banknotes, and pay double price for hosses what they buy. "The Nebuly Coat" by John Meade Falkner

At intervals she opened the top drawer of the bureau and looked at the banknotes to be sure she was not dreaming. "The Fighting Shepherdess" by Caroline Lockhart

Augusta Symes regarded the pile of crisp banknotes with pleased eyes. "The Lady Doc" by Caroline Lockhart

When she shook hands with him Nancy had the banknote ready and she left it in his hand. "A Little Miss Nobody" by Amy Bell Marlowe

That known as Whatman's Banknote paper answers very well. "Bookbinding, and the Care of Books" by Douglas Cockerell

Lady Kelsey had slipped a couple of banknotes into George's hand and told them to have a good time. "The Explorer" by W. Somerset Maugham

His jaw was set as he pulled off banknote after banknote in the tense silence which had fallen. "'Me-Smith'" by Caroline Lockhart

Every single banknote is gone. "Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes" by Various

Green had already broken the flap of the envelope, revealing the edges of a considerable thickness of banknotes. "Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants" by H. Irving Hancock

With the howl of a demon he dashed the banknotes and glittering gold beneath his feet, and trampled on them. "City Crimes" by Greenhorn

Usage in poetry
"Where the beggars raffle the banknotes
And the Giant is enchanting to Jack,
And the Lily-white Boy is a Roarer,
And Jill goes down on her back.
Who is that dark child on the parapets
of Europe, watching the evening river mint
its sovereigns stamped with power, not with poets,
the Thames and the Neva rustling like banknotes,
then, black on gold, the Hudson's silhouettes?