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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

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The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to its highest level since May, ending the session at 4.567%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The yield on the 2-year Treasury note, which is particularly sensitive to changes in the rate outlook, settled at 4.160%, its highest level since February 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Bond yields have risen on inflation fears, with the 10-year Treasury note hovering near 4.5%.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Treasury note, a key benchmark for mortgage rates and other borrowing costs, reached as high as 4.687% Tuesday, its highest intraday level since January 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

A bank-note differs from a Treasury note in two particulars.

From Government and Administration of the United States by Willoughby, Westel W.

In 2015, the Treasury Department released a treasury note entitled “Helping More Americans Save,” in part to mark America Saves Week.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

Treasury bills and German bonds, known as bunds, while, for a second straight day, the yield on the two-year Japanese treasury note hovered just above zero.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

The yield on the U.S. 10-year treasury note continued to edge higher, to about 3.802 percent, after rising above 4 percent on Wednesday for the first time since October 2008.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

As a result, there have been proposals to change the interest rate benchmark to Australia’s 10-year treasury note, but so far that hasn’t come to pass.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015

The figures on the outside one showed that it was a treasury note for fifty dollars.

From Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story by Raine, William MacLeod