promissory note

Noun

Meaning

a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

note note of hand change money capital paper bill greenback chit security score bond draft acceptance currency
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Antonyms

advantage debt acquisition obligation liability accessory
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Hypernyms

obligation debt instrument certificate of indebtedness

Hyponyms

IOU demand note note payable note receivable time note municipal note

Examples

Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January. Hal Borland

Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Hank Stram

A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver. P. J. O'Rourke

I can't pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its jacket, or hand me over a promissory note of such immense power that it contains the formula that will change everything about me. Pat Conroy

I had to co-sign his note at the bank Source: Internet

The apex socio-cultural body of the people of the Niger Delta region, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day address, to the nation, as rhetoric, apathetic, and largely, a promissory note. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

promissorily promissory promissory letter promissory notes promitochondrion promitogenic