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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

Treasury note down to 4.454%—from 4.480% Wednesday and almost 4.7% earlier in the month.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Treasury note yield, meanwhile, rose 6 basis points to 4.687%, the highest since January 2025.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Treasury note yield to a more than one-year high.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Surging bond yields, with the 10-year Treasury note reaching 4.54%, caused U.S. stock futures to slump 1%.

From Barron's • May 15, 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