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banknote
(encz) | banknote,bankovka |
banknote
(gcide) | banknote \bank"note`\, bank note \bank"
note`\(b[a^][ng]k"n[=o]t`).
1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company,
payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4.
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Note: In the United States popularly called a bank bill.
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2. Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking
company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a
bank bill. See Bank bill, 2. [Obs.]
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3. A promissory note payable at a bank.
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4. A promissory note issued by an authorized bank, payable to
the bearer on demand and intended to circulate as
government-authorized money; in the United States such
notes may only be issued by a Federal Reserve Bank; as, he
peeled off five one-thousand-zloty banknotes.
Syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill,
bank note, Federal Reserve note, greenback.
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banknote
(wn) | banknote
n 1: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central
bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn:
bill, note, government note, bank bill, {banker's
bill}, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note,
greenback] |
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banknotes
(encz) | banknotes,bankovky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Bank-note detector
(gcide) | Detector \De*tect"or\, n. [L., a revealer.]
One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. --Shak.
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A deathbed's detector of the heart. --Young.
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2. Specifically:
(a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a
boiler.
(b) (Elec.) A galvanometer, usually portable, for
indicating the direction of a current.
(c) (Elec.) Any of various devices for detecting the
presence of electric waves.
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Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description
of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable
persons to discriminate between them.
Detector lock. See under Lock.
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