promissory note

Example Sentences

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Last week, 52% of the company was sold to media mogul Byron Allen for $120 million: $20 million in cash and the rest in the form of a promissory note due in five years.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Under what the lawsuit says was “immense pressure,” Kwatra signed a statement and a promissory note agreeing to repay the amount.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

That includes a $1.1 billion promissory note that appears to be connected with liabilities DCG assumed from Genesis after the latter was hit hard by the collapse of Singapore-based crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023

All they needed to do was have their case manager submit a promissory note committing to pay the rent.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

As in the case of the wholesaler referred to above, the borrower of bank credit in these days offers for discount simply his own promissory note.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur