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
It was a demand note, because, when we fixed it up, Barrington had said he wanted it to run an indeterminate time.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold
A five thousand dollar demand note you gave my brother four months ago.
From Rope by Hall, Holworthy
“I will if you’ll put up a dollar for security,” said the Idiot, extracting the coin from his pocket, “and give me a demand note at thirty days for the quarter.”
From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick
I gave Barlow a demand note, with the farm as collateral, to cover the loan he had made me.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold
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