Treasury note

or 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.

Origin of Treasury note

First recorded in 1750–60

Words Nearby Treasury note

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How to use Treasury note in a sentence

So in theory, we should probably account for the interests costs of, say, a five-year Treasury note.
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A Treasury note invited the supporters of the government to vote against the motion.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
One of the officers, a captain, bought a canteen of whisky of him, and offered a United States Treasury note in payment.
The Lost Army | Thomas W. Knox
And Mr. Willie Pond handed the other a five-hundred dollar Treasury note.
Wild Bill's Last Trail | Ned Buntline
Topmost was a five dollar Treasury note; bottom-most another of the same denomination.
A Daughter of the Sioux | Charles King

Craig handed a small Treasury note to the groom, who took it with a grin and touched his hat.
The Silent Bullet | Arthur B. Reeve

British Dictionary definitions for treasury note

treasury note

noun

(a note issued by a government treasury and generally receivable as legal tender for any debt, esp)
- a medium-term interest-bearing obligation issued by the US Treasury, maturing in from one to five years
- 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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