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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

Example Sentences

Benchmark two-year and 10-year Treasury note yields moved modestly higher in early Monday trading, and were changing hands at 3.788% and 4.314% respectively, heading into the start of an exceptionally active week on Wall Street.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which rises when prices fall, edged higher to 4.316%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Treasury note was 3.915%, according to Tradeweb, up from 3.377% before the war started.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

One consequence of that backdrop is that yields on short-dated government debt, like the 2-year Treasury note, will be “extremely volatile,” Hu said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

"We will read it over and over hereafter," said Cesar, wiping his eyes and turning over the page,—letting fall, as he did so, a Treasury note.

From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Balzac, Honoré de