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Treasury note

or treasury note

noun

  1. a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.


treasury note

noun

  1. a note issued by a government treasury and generally receivable as legal tender for any debt, esp
    1. a medium-term interest-bearing obligation issued by the US Treasury, maturing in from one to five years
    2. Also calledcurrency note a note issued by the British Treasury in 1914 to the value of £1 or ten shillings: amalgamated with banknotes in 1928
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Treasury note1

First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences

So in theory, we should probably account for the interests costs of, say, a five-year treasury note.

A treasury note invited the supporters of the government to vote against the motion.

One of the officers, a captain, bought a canteen of whisky of him, and offered a United States treasury note in payment.

And Mr. Willie Pond handed the other a five-hundred dollar treasury note.

Topmost was a five dollar treasury note; bottom-most another of the same denomination.

Craig handed a small treasury note to the groom, who took it with a grin and touched his hat.

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