banknote

From bank +‎ note.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋknəʊ̯t/, /ˈbæŋkˌnɵ̞ʊ̯t/
• (General American, without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋkˌnoʊ̯t/, /ˈbæŋkˌnɔʊ̯t/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkˌnoʊ̯t/, /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkˌnɔʊ̯t/

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• Hyphenation: bank‧note

banknote (plural banknotes)

2. A piece of currency made of paper or polymer. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: note (ellipsis, especially in Commonwealth), bill (ellipsis, especially in North America), flimsy (slang), long-tailed one (slang for high denominations)

   Hyponym: greenback

   Near-synonym: paper money

4. (now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary. [from 17th c.]

   Hypernyms: promissory note < note

   Near-synonym: bank paper

   • 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, I.4:

     Was Captain Macheath here this Morning, for the Bank-notes he left with you last Week?

Borrowed from Italian banconota (“banknote”), probably via another language (cf. German Banknote, Russian банкно́т (banknót), банкно́та (banknóta)).

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banknote f (5th declension)

1. banknote, bill (piece of paper currency, printed by a (central) bank)

   desmit latu banknote ― a 10-lats banknote

   banknošu apmaiņa ― the exchange of banknotes

   banknošu nodrošinājums ― banknote security

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