demand note
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of demand note
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Mr. Doherty holds a demand note against the Company for $1,200,000, secured by $3,000,000 worth of pipe line and tank cars.
From Time Magazine Archive
He played sympathetic good fellow, and offered to lend me fifty thousand dollars on a demand note.
From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
Now, it is the custom at these gatherings not to hand over cash; instead, the unlucky one pays with what corresponds to an "on demand note."
From The Secrets of the German War Office by Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves
No rate collector irritates them with his imperious "demand note."
From London's Underworld by Thomas Holmes
Yet Mr. Mix beamed, with almost ecclesiastical poise, upon the holder of his demand note, and tried her with honey.
From Rope by Holworthy Hall
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