banknote

See also: Banknote, banknotē, and bank note

English

Etymology

From bank +‎ note.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæŋknəʊt/
  • Hyphenation: bank‧note
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

banknote (plural banknotes)

  2. A piece of currency made of paper or polymer. [from 18th c.]
    Synonyms: note (ellipsis, especially in Commonwealth), bill (ellipsis, especially in North America), flimsy (slang), long-tailed one (slang for high denominations)
    Hyponym: greenback
    Near-synonym: paper money
  4. (now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary. [from 17th c.]
    Hypernyms: promissory note < note
    Near-synonym: bank paper
    • 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, I.4:
      Was Captain Macheath here this Morning, for the Bank-notes he left with you last Week?

Translations

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian banconota (“banknote”), probably via another language (cf. German Banknote, Russian банкно́т (banknót), банкно́та (banknóta)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

banknote f (5th declension)

  1. banknote, bill (piece of paper currency, printed by a (central) bank)
    desmit latu banknote ― a 10-lats banknote
    banknošu apmaiņa ― the exchange of banknotes
    banknošu nodrošinājums ― banknote security

Declension

Declension of banknote (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative banknote banknotes
genitive banknotes banknošu
dative banknotei banknotēm
accusative banknoti banknotes
instrumental banknoti banknotēm
locative banknotē banknotēs
vocative banknote banknotes

See also

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