banknote

CIDE DICTIONARY

banknote,  

•  A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4.  [1913 Webster]

  " In the United States popularly called a bank bill."  [1913 Webster]
•  Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2.  [1913 Webster]
•  A promissory note payable at a bank.  [1913 Webster]
•  A promissory note issued by an authorized bank, payable to the bearer on demand and intended to circulate as government-authorized money; in the United States such notes may only be issued by a Federal Reserve Bank; as, he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty banknotes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

banknote, n. a banker's promissory note, esp. from a central bank, payable to the bearer on demand, and serving as money.