bank bill

American  

noun

Chiefly U.S.

1. a bank note.

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bank bill British  

noun

1. Also called: bank draft.  a bill of exchange drawn by one bank on another

2. Also called: banker's bill.  a banknote

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Etymology

Origin of bank bill

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

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bank bill

That requirement is included in the state-run bank bill now moving through the Washington state Legislature.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021

It was enough to convince Washington, who signed the bank bill into law.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2016

The bank forecast a 90-day bank bill rate of 2.2 percent by December 2016, down from the 2.6 percent it predicted at its last meeting.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2016

Congress had a spirited debate, and, before signing the bank bill into law, President Washington requested detailed legal opinions from Attorney General Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2012

He recalled the circumstance that Sir Robert Peel's famous bank bill was introduced in Parliament in 1844 with the confident declaration by Her Majesty's Government that "inquiry had been exhausted."

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie