'banknote' definitions:
Definition of 'banknote'
(from WordNet)
noun
A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback]
Definition of 'banknote'
From: GCIDE
- banknote \bank"note`\, bank note \bank" note`\(b[a^][ng]k"n[=o]t`).
- 1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the United States popularly called a bank bill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A promissory note payable at a bank. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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.
- Syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, Federal Reserve note, greenback. [1913 Webster +PJC]