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c-note

c-note

9.9
A one-hundred-dollar bill in the United States
  • noun
  • /siː noʊt/
  • Slang
translation icon : billete de cien
  • He slipped a c-note into my hand.

Examples

  • Winning the bet, she proudly flashed a crisp c-note.

  • The shoes cost a c-note, but they were worth it.

  • He pulled out a c-note to pay for dinner.

  • I found a c-note on the sidewalk.

  • He pulled out a c-note to pay for dinner.

  • The shoes cost a c-note, but they were worth it.

  • Winning the bet, she proudly flashed a crisp c-note.

Synonyms

hundred dollar bill
vsc-note
  • US
17 2.1

A paper note worth one hundred US dollars

is the informal nickname rather than the formal banknote name
Benjamin
vsc-note
  • Slang
1 8.4

A US one-hundred-dollar bill with Benjamin Franklin's picture on it

is slang too but names the note by its numeric nickname

Surface Forms

c-note singular
c-notes plural

Morphology

c-note = C + note (semi-transparent) = C + note

The component 'note' (banknote) is clear, but the letter 'C' representing 100 (Roman numeral/slang) is not obvious to many learners.

Etymology

C-note comes from the letter C (the Roman sign for '100', as in century) and note, which means 'a bill'. So a c-note is a slang name for a '100-dollar bill'.