BANK NOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bank note mean? 

• BANK NOTE (noun)
  The noun BANK NOTE has 1 sense:

1. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

  Familiarity information: BANK NOTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANK NOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

bank bill; bank note; banker's bill; banknote; bill; Federal Reserve note; government note; greenback; note

Context example:

he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes

Hypernyms ("bank note" is a kind of...):

folding money; paper currency; paper money (currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank note"):

silver certificate (formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver)

c-note; hundred dollar bill (a United States bill worth 100 dollars)

fifty; fifty dollar bill (a United States bill worth 50 dollars)

twenty; twenty dollar bill (a United States bill worth 20 dollars)

ten dollar bill; tenner (a United States bill worth 10 dollars)

five-spot; five dollar bill; fiver (a United States bill worth 5 dollars)

two dollar bill (a United States bill worth 2 dollars)

buck; clam; dollar; dollar bill; one dollar bill (a piece of paper money worth one dollar)

 Context examples 

He had been paid for his work by an English bank note, which had been duly cashed for gold at the Danube International Bank.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)