Synonyms

note of hand

American

noun

promissory note.

note of hand British

noun

another name for promissory note

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Etymology

Origin of note of hand

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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Joe drawed up a note of hand for Ike to sign, which Ike did; and Ike never thought no more about it.

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Yes; Farmer Gammon has bought a thirty pound note of hand of yours.

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Government agents were always conveniently turning up ready and willing to purchase mortgages and notes of hand, which were duly stored in the coffers of the Castle as a means of prospective coercion by-and-by.

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The Bible; New use of a note of hand; The Ship of Death; Taste in tombstones; Tennyson's Word-painting, 573.

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Gad! but I can see my notes of hand under Milward's elbow, growing... growing.

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