promissory note
Example Sentences
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A dollar bill is really just a promissory note that is backed up by the federal government.
From Seattle Times
At the closing of the deal, the company will receive $450 million in cash and a promissory note for $150 million.
From Reuters
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
From Fox News
In a motion to dismiss the complaint, Betancourt’s defense attorney Mark David Hunter argued that promissory notes are loans, not securities, such as stocks and bonds.
From Seattle Times
In exchange, airlines provided promissory notes agreeing to pay the government $14 billion.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
