Definition of "note of hand" []

• See promissory note. (noun)

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• "The note of hand for £500 was made payable to Richard Morgan of Clifton, and signed Jno."
• "Strictest confidence — any sum up to £50,000 on your note of hand alone, delivered in plain vans, no reference needed."
• "His job as supervisor of sawyers was well paid, and every note of hand he accumulated on the Government books was an insurance against the future of his children."