= Bill of Exchange (see bill, n.3 9). Still occasionally used in commercial correspondence. Also elliptical in first, second,or third of exchange…

(More fully bill of exchange). A written order by the writer or ‘drawer’ to the ‘drawee’ (the person to whom it is addressed) to pay a certain sum…

Loosely used for: A promissory note. Obsolete. Hence, bill of debt or bill obligatory: a bill acknowledging a debt and promising to meet it at a…

A negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or promissory note, used by native bankers in India and worded in the vernacular; also, money…

= assignation, n. 4. Obsolete.

A bill of exchange.

A written promise to pay a certain sum at a specified time; = promissory note n. at promissory, adj. compounds. Now chiefly U.S.

In spec. senses. Banking and Finance. A written direction to pay money or deliver property, made by a person legally entitled to do so.

Originally: a promissory note given by a banker; (later) a piece of paper money; = banknote, n. Cf. bill, n.3 9c. Now rare (chiefly North American…

As two words or with hyphen. A promissory note given by a banker, payable at a fixed date to a specified payee. Now historical and rare.

Paper currency; a negotiable document representing and secured by revenue or property; a bill, an assignat.

a signed document containing a written promise to pay a stated sum to a particular person or to the bearer at a specified date or on demand.

note of hand n. also note under hand = senses 19a 19b. Now archaic and historical.

slang. Paper; a document, esp. a promissory note or bill of exchange; a clandestine letter.

U.S. Finance. A bill payable at a specified future date or a certain length of time after presentation or sight. Cf. time draft n. at time, n. int.…

A form of money order issued by a post office for the payment of a specified sum to a named payee at any post office; (formerly) such an order for…

North American colloquial. A promissory note; an I.O.U.