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noun

Bank bill n.

In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.

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— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 4, 1891 • Various

... and proud to get the bank bill Mr. Smith sent me yesterday, but I hardly ever felt delight equal to that which cheered me when I received your letter containing an extract from a note by Mr. Thackeray, in which he expressed himself gratified with the ...

— Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle • Clement K. Shorter

... meal and also an extra cup of coffee, Dan Baxter called for a cigar and lit it. Then he hauled out the twenty-dollar bill. As he did so, he gave a slight start. He had handled a good deal of money in his time, and the bank bill looked just a ...

— The Rover Boys on the Plains - The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch • Arthur Winfield

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