Associations to the word «Banknote»

Wiktionary

BANKNOTE, noun. A piece of paper currency.
BANKNOTE, noun. (historical) A demand note issued by private banks presumably backed up by gold or silver coin.

Dictionary definition

BANKNOTE, noun. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats