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Definition: Bank Note |
Bank NoteNoun1. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | A promissory note having the appearance of currency, issued by a bank or banker authorized to do so, payable to bearer on demand, and intended to circulate as money. (references) |
Finance | A promissory note issued by an authorized bank that is payable on demand to a bearer and can be used as cash. Under law, such notes are redeemable as money and are considered full legal tender. Bank notes are also called bank bills or bank currency. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Bank NoteSynonyms: bank bill (n), banker's bill (n), banknote (n), bill (n), government note (n), greenback (n), note (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Money | Paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat; blueback, hundi, shinplaster. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bank Note |
| English words defined with "bank note": Post note ♦ silver certificate ♦ To lie over. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bank note": FLYMSEY ♦ lange værdipapirer i løbende udbud ♦ negotiable CD, negotiable certificate of deposit ♦ proof clerk, PROOF-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ transit clerk. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Identified as submerged atolls on Palawan Bank Note similarity in shape to salt structures in Gulf of Mexico See images "theb.3833.htm" and "theb.3834.htm".Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Travel | Nigeria | As the largest bank note in circulation is currently worth about $5.00, it is often necessary to handle and carry around large wads of cash. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Country | Name |
| USA | American Bank Note Holographics, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bank note | 118 |
us bank note | 35 |
auction bank note | 33 |
canadian bank note | 25 |
bank note state treasury united | 18 |
world bank note | 15 |
american bank note | 12 |
bank note u.s | 11 |
national bank note | 7 |
bank note reporter | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bank note"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | noot (annotation, banknote, bank-note, note). (various references) | |
Albanian | bankënotë, kartëmonedhë (currency note, greenback, paper). (various references) | |
Arabic | الورقة المصرفية, الورقة المالية, الورقة النقدية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кредитен билет, банкнота (bill, flimsy, greenback, note, rag). (various references) | |
Chinese | 票 (ticket). (various references) | |
Czech | bankovka (banknote, bill, greenback, note). (various references) | |
Danish | pengeseddel (bank notes, banknote, bank-note, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money). (various references) | |
Dutch | briefje (banknote, bank-note), bankbiljet (banknote, bank-note). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bankbileto (banknote). (various references) | |
French | billet. (various references) | |
Frisian | briefke (banknote, bank-note). (various references) | |
German | Geldschein (banknote, bill, billUS, note). (various references) | |
Greek | τραπεζογραμμάτιο (banknote, note). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bankjegy (bill, folding money, money, note, soft money). (various references) | |
Italian | banconota (banknote, bank-note, banknote denomination, bill, note). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 銀行券 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎ""うけ". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ankbay otenay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nota (account, annotation, bill, entry, grade, invoice, memorandum, notation, note, notice, observation, receipt, record, remark), cédula (ballot). (various references) | |
Romanian | bancnotã (bank, banknote, bill, flimsy, greenbacks, note). (various references) | |
Russian | кредитный билет (bank-note), банкнота (bank notes, greenback), банкнот (bank-note, bill, greenback, note). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | banknota, novčanica (bill, greenback). (various references) | |
Spanish | billete de banco (bank bill, banknote, bank-note, bill, greenback). (various references) | |
Swahili | noti (banknote, bank-note). (various references) | |
Swedish | sedel (banknote, bank-note, bill of exchange, ticket). (various references) | |
Turkish | banknot (banknote, bank-note, bill, flimsies, flimsy, paper money, treasury certificate, treasury note). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: banknote. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-k-n-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: bannet, beknot, bonnet, nekton. | |
-3 letters: anent, atone, baton, beano, beton, bonne, nonet, oaken, oaten, taken, tenon, token, tonne. | |
-4 letters: abet, aeon, anon, ante, bake, bane, bank, bate, beak, bean, beat, bent, beta, boat, bone, bonk, bota, ebon, etna, kane, kaon, keno, kent, keto, knob, knot, koan, nabe, neat, neon, nona, none, nota, note, take, tank, teak, toea, toke, tone. | |
-5 letters: abo, ane, ant, ate, ban, bat, ben, bet, boa, bot, eat, eon, eta, kab, kae, kat, kea, ken, koa, kob, nab, nae, nan, neb, net, nob, not, oak, oat, obe, oka, oke, one, tab, tae, tan, tao, tea, ten, toe, ton. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-k-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: banknotes. | |
+2 letters: mountebank. | |
+3 letters: mountebanks. | |
+4 letters: mountebanked. | |
+5 letters: mountebankery, mountebanking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 6E 6B      4E 6F 74 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01101110 01101011 00100000 01001110 01101111 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a n k   N o t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 006E 006B      004E 006F 0074 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36678077248818671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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