Originally: a promissory note given by a banker; (later) a piece of paper money; = banknote, n. Cf. bill, n.3 9c. Now rare (chiefly North American…

= note, n.2 21a. Cf. dollar-bill n. at dollar, n. compounds 1. Originally and chiefly U.S.

A promissory note used as currency; spec. a banknote. Frequently with value specified.

†(a) A banknote. Obsolete. (b) = bill, n.3 9a 9b. Now rare

A piece of paper money of a fixed denomination, circulating as currency. Also figurative. Cf. note, n.2 21a.

A note issued by a bank or banking association, payable to order at a future specified date (rather than to the bearer on demand), and designed as…

A promissory note or a banknote. Cf. scrieve, n. 2a.

slang. Paper; a document, esp. a promissory note or bill of exchange; a clandestine letter.

slang. A bank-note; also, paper-money.

(a) Historical (originally U.S.), a square piece of paper saturated with vinegar, etc., used as a plaster for sore legs; (b) a piece of paper money…

A bank-note.

A five-pound note; = finnip, n. In extended use: any banknote.

(a) a five-cent stamp; (b) a banknote.

paper money used as currency, esp. the £1 and 10s. notes first issued by the Treasury for circulation as legal tender during the war of 1914–18…

a U.S. banknote; chiefly in plural.