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Treasury note

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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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Origin of Treasury note

First recorded in 1750–60
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British Dictionary definitions for treasury note

treasury note

noun
  1. (a note issued by a government treasury and generally receivable as legal tender for any debt, esp)
    1. a medium-term interest-bearing obligation issued by the US Treasury, maturing in from one to five years
    2. Also called: currency notea 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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