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4 words match “BANK BILL”

BANK BILL n. 2 definitions
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.
BANK NOTE n.
te made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2. [Obs.]
CHANGE v. 2 definitions
er denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to t…
NUMBER v.
ll. Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.