1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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 ]
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