bank paper

American  

noun

1. drafts, bills, and acceptances payable by banks.

2. commercial paper that may be discounted in a bank.

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Etymology

Origin of bank paper

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

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bank paper

So long as bank paper retains this quality it is a substitute for money.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.

You were sitting on the hearthrug playing, like a silly baby, with a servant, were you not, and the floor all scattered with gold and bank paper?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The next year they stopped all bank paper sent forth under the authority of the states by means of a prohibitive tax.

From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)

A man placed a bank paper bag containing £63 10s. on the counter at the chief post-office in Swansea, one day last week, while he changed a postal order.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Then, a little before the resumption of cash payments, they had put them forth with a tentative, "If you had rather have bank paper it's here."

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.