note issuenoun [ C or U ]
ukusBANKING, MONEY the act by a government or bank of printing an amount of new paper money and making it available to use:
Neither the Federal Reserve Act nor any other law ever explicitly established note issue in the United States as a monopoly of the federal government.
BANKING, MONEY the total value of paper money in a country at a particular time:
After 1931 Britain left the Gold Standard, and the note issue was no longer backed by gold.
FINANCE an offer to buy bonds or other forms of debt:
The company will use proceeds from a recent $200 million note issue for general corporate purposes.