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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A piece of currency made of paper or polymer.

   "Near-synonym: paper money"

2. 2
   a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) wordnet
3. 3
   A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary. historical

   "Near-synonym: bank paper"

Synonyms

All synonyms

billnotebillbank billbank notebank paper

Example

More examples

"The animal shown printed on the five-real banknote is a heron."

Etymology

From bank + note.

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