note
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1.5
- noun
- /noʊt/
- UK
- On January 1, 2002, euro notes and coins will be introduced for individual use.
- bank notes
- promissory note
- currency notes
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Watch on YouTubePeople don't realise that a pound note is an IOU.
- People don't realise that a pound note is an IOU.
- So you went with a note for the shopkeeper?
- It can come in the form of like a debt note or like a safe.
- In future which is not on this note, it would be on a modern note.
- Health insurance, car payments, house note, send the kids to college.
Examples
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You have a mortgage to pay and my car note.
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Their intention, according to records and emails, was to call the note and foreclose on the building.
Academic text (2011) -
I worry about house note, car note and all of that stuff.
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Health insurance, car payments, house note, send the kids to college.
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I got a wife and three kids, and a note on my house; that's what I got.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Fed must withdraw all of its notes and Treasury currency from circulation.
Academic text (1991) -
Rogers handed his boss the note and then returned to his cabin to await payment.
Academic text (2008) -
People don't realise that a pound note is an IOU.
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He discovers their promissory note with the rest of their earnings.
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He handed her a note for the car payment at the end of the month.
Synonyms
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1.5
Money made of paper that people use to pay for things
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5.2
A paper U.S. dollar bill used as money
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3.0
A paper form of money that people use to pay for things
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1.7
Paper money issued by a central bank used to pay for things
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7.0
A written promise to pay money to a named person or holder, payable on demand and sometimes later
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5.1
Paper money the United States Federal Reserve issues for buying things
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3.2
A piece of paper money issued by a central bank used to pay for things
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7.1
A written promise to pay money when the lender asks
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6.1
A written promise to pay a set amount of money on a future date
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3.7
Paper money issued by a country's central bank used to buy things
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9.9
A written promise to pay a set amount of money when asked or at a fixed time
A short written note that says someone owes or will pay money
A piece of paper used as money and issued by a central bank
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
A written promise to pay money to a named person or holder, payable on demand and sometimes later
- Specialized
3
6.5
A loan to the government that pays interest and is repaid in one to ten years
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5.1
Paper money the United States Federal Reserve issues for buying things
- Specialized
1
4.8
A musical note that lasts half a beat and is written with a solid head, stem, and one flag
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7.0
A musical note played a bit lower in jazz and blues to sound sad and emotional
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5.8
A very short sound in music that lasts one sixteenth of a whole note
- Specialized
1
6.9
A written promise that someone will pay a fixed amount on a set date
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small note between two main notes in a melody that connects them smoothly
- Specialized
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8.1
A bird sound that has two different notes played one after the other
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5.2
The length of a musical note shown by its symbol, like whole or quarter note
- Specialized
1
9.9
A written promise to pay a set amount of money when asked or at a fixed time
- Specialized
1
7.7
A very short musical sound equal to one sixty-fourth of a whole note
- Specialized
A very short sound in music that lasts one thirty-second of a whole note
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word note comes from the Latin nota, 'a mark' or 'sign', used for a written paper. A money 'note' is a paper promise or signed paper that shows value, so the origin explains why a note can mean paper money or a loan promise.