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  Treasury note

  noun

  a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
• treasury note
  treasury note

  noun

Treasury note

American  

Or treasury note

noun

1. a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.

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treasury note British  

noun

1. 1. a medium-term interest-bearing obligation issued by the US Treasury, maturing in from one to five years

   2. Also called: currency note.  a note issued by the British Treasury in 1914 to the value of £1 or ten shillings: amalgamated with banknotes in 1928

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Etymology

Origin of Treasury note

First recorded in 1750–60

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Treasury note remains elevated by recent historical standards, settling Monday at 4.507%, up from 4.450% Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Treasury note could potentially climb back up toward 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Bond yields have risen on inflation fears, with the 10-year Treasury note hovering near 4.5%.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Yields on the 10-year Treasury note have risen from a recent low of about 4% in early March to around 4.6% in recent days, a move that has rippled into mortgage and corporate borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

"This piece of paper is not a Treasury note."

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

In 2015, the Treasury Department released a treasury note entitled “Helping More Americans Save,” in part to mark America Saves Week.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

Treasury bills and German bonds, known as bunds, while, for a second straight day, the yield on the two-year Japanese treasury note hovered just above zero.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

The yield on the U.S. 10-year treasury note continued to edge higher, to about 3.802 percent, after rising above 4 percent on Wednesday for the first time since October 2008.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

As a result, there have been proposals to change the interest rate benchmark to Australia’s 10-year treasury note, but so far that hasn’t come to pass.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015

To-day a treasury note, a silver certificate, a national bank bill, is received in payment of a debt in any state or territory.

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach