note of hand

American  

noun

1. promissory note.

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note of hand British  

noun

1. another name for promissory note

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Etymology

Origin of note of hand

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

A few thousands on your simple note of hand?

From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville

Why is a note of hand like a rosebud?

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

And if you are so delicate, you can give me your note of hand.

From Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

I heard him mumbling as he went downstairs: "I came to collect a note of hand for three thousand francs——" "Bravo, my dear Rochebrune, and a thousand thanks!" said Balloquet.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de

Quick as lightning, I cut the thread, put in my fingers, drew out the very document of which I was in search, and the note of hand within it.

From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Leslie, Madeline