Definition of "promissory note" []

• A written promise to pay or repay a specified sum of money at a stated time or on demand. Also called note of hand. (noun)

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• "The two lawyers stood at the bench Reece said softly, "Your honor, I have a best-evidence situation I'd like to move to introduce a copy of the promissory note in question.""
• "As I would take a bankrupt's promissory note in lieu of told gold."
• "Taylor had spent most of the day at Hubbard, White, poring over records of the New Amsterdam Bank v Hanover & Stiver case, trying to find a reference to anyone who might have shown unusual interest in the promissory note or who'd requested files on the deal when there didn't seem to be a reason for them to do so."