GOVERNMENT NOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does government note mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOVERNMENT 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 ("government 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 "government 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)