Treasury note

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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.

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Origin of Treasury note

First recorded in 1750–60

Words nearby Treasury note

Treasury Bench, Treasury bill, Treasury bills, Treasury bond, Treasury certificate, Treasury note, treasury of merits, treasury stock, treasury tag, treat, treatable

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How to use Treasury note in a sentence

An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
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Note: UNICOR uses its inmates for everything from call center operators to human demolishers of old computers.
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Now on a lighter note, with Selma, you did get Oprah to throw a mean haymaker.
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Note: This piece was updated to reflect that Mrs. Landingham died while Aaron Sorkin was still writing The West Wing.
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From this louche improbable source pours music of sublime beauty without one false note.
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Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"
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He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Which latter circumstance he begged Mr. Perker to note, with a glowing countenance and many marks of indignation.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Of Liszt the first part of this is not true, for if he strikes a wrong note it is simply because he chooses to be careless.
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And it is small consolation to me to note that most people's minds seem to be no better done than mine.
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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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