Meanings
nounbanknote (plural banknotes)
plural banknotes
- A piece of currency made of paper or polymer.First known use 18th c.
Near-synonym: paper money
Synonyms: note, bill, flimsy, long-tailed one, paper money
- historicalA promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.First known use 17th c.
Near-synonym: bank paper
1 more example
Was Captain Macheath here this Morning, for the Bank-notes he left with you last Week?
1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, I.4Synonyms: bank paper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of currency made of paper or polymer.
nounA promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Afrikaans bankbiljet
- bankbiljetpaper or polymer currency
Arabic بَنْكْنُوت, وَرَقَة نَقْدِيَّة
- بَنْكْنُوت (banknōt)paper or polymer currency
- وَرَقَة نَقْدِيَّة (waraqa naqdiyya)paper or polymer currency
Basque billete
- billetepaper or polymer currency
Bengali ব্যাংকনোট
- ব্যাংকনোট (bêṅkonōṭ)paper or polymer currency
Bulgarian банкно́та, купю́ра
- банкно́та (banknóta)paper or polymer currency
- купю́ра (kupjúra)paper or polymer currency
Catalan bitllet
- bitlletpaper or polymer currency
Chinese Mandarin 鈔票 /钞票, 莊票 /庄票
- 鈔票 /钞票 (chāopiào)paper or polymer currency
- 莊票 /庄票 (zhuāngpiào)paper or polymer currency
- 紙幣 /纸币 (zhǐbì)paper or polymer currency
Czech bankovka
- bankovkapaper or polymer currency
Danish pengeseddel
- pengeseddelpaper or polymer currency
Dutch bankbiljet, biljet
- bankbiljetpaper or polymer currency
- biljetpaper or polymer currency
Esperanto monbileto, banknoto
- monbiletopaper or polymer currency
- banknotopaper or polymer currency
Estonian paberraha
- paberrahapaper or polymer currency
Finnish seteli
- setelipaper or polymer currency
French billet de banque, billet
- billet de banquepaper or polymer currency
- billetpaper or polymer currency
- biffetonpaper or polymer currency
German Geldschein, Banknote
- Geldscheinpaper or polymer currency
- Banknotepaper or polymer currency
- Scheinpaper or polymer currency
Greek χαρτονόμισμα
- χαρτονόμισμα (chartonómisma)paper or polymer currency
Hebrew שְׁטָר
- שְׁטָר (shtar)paper or polymer currency
Hindi नोट, बैंक के नोट
- नोट (noṭ)paper or polymer currency
- बैंक के नोट (baiṅk ke noṭ)paper or polymer currency
Hungarian bankjegy, papírpénz
- bankjegypaper or polymer currency
- papírpénzpaper or polymer currency
Icelandic peningaseðill
- peningaseðillpaper or polymer currency
Indonesian uang kertas
- uang kertaspaper or polymer currency
Irish nóta bainc, bille
- nóta baincpaper or polymer currency
- billepaper or polymer currency
- bille baincpaper or polymer currency
Italian banconota, biglietto
- banconotapaper or polymer currency
- bigliettopaper or polymer currency
- denaropaper or polymer currency
- cartamonetapaper or polymer currency
Japanese 紙幣, 札
- 紙幣 (shihei)paper or polymer currency
- 札 (satsu)paper or polymer currency
- 銀行券 (ginkōken)paper or polymer currency
Korean 지폐, 은행권
- 지폐 (jipye)paper or polymer currency
- 은행권 (eunhaenggwon)paper or polymer currency
Latin charta argentaria
- charta argentariapaper or polymer currency
Latvian banknote
- banknotepaper or polymer currency
Lithuanian banknotas
- banknotaspaper or polymer currency
Malay wang kertas, nota bank
- wang kertaspaper or polymer currency
- nota bankpaper or polymer currency
- duit kertaspaper or polymer currency
Māori nōti, moni pepa
- nōtipaper or polymer currency
- moni pepapaper or polymer currency
- moni pukapukapaper or polymer currency
- monipukapaper or polymer currency
Norwegian Bokmål seddel, pengeseddel
- seddelpaper or polymer currency
- pengeseddelpaper or polymer currency
Polish banknot
- banknotpaper or polymer currency
Portuguese cédula, nota
- cédulapaper or polymer currency
- notapaper or polymer currency
Romanian bancnotă, bilet de bancă
- bancnotăpaper or polymer currency
- bilet de bancăpaper or polymer currency
- hârtie de bancăpaper or polymer currency
Russian банкно́та, купю́ра
- банкно́та (banknóta)paper or polymer currency
- купю́ра (kupjúra)paper or polymer currency
- банкно́т (banknót)paper or polymer currency
- биле́т (bilét)paper or polymer currency
- ассигна́ция (assignácija)paper or polymer currency
Scottish Gaelic not, nota
- notpaper or polymer currency
- notapaper or polymer currency
Slovak bankovka
- bankovkapaper or polymer currency
Spanish billete
- billetepaper or polymer currency
Swahili noti
- notipaper or polymer currency
Swedish sedel
- sedelpaper or polymer currency
Thai ธนบัตร, แบงก์
- ธนบัตร (tá-ná-bàt)paper or polymer currency
- แบงก์ (bɛ́ng)paper or polymer currency
Turkish banknot, kayme
- banknotpaper or polymer currency
- kaymepaper or polymer currency
- kaimepaper or polymer currency
- papelpaper or polymer currency
Ukrainian банкно́та, купю́ра
- банкно́та (banknóta)paper or polymer currency
- купю́ра (kupjúra)paper or polymer currency
Urdu نوٹ, رُقْعَہ مَصْرَف
- نوٹ (noṭ)paper or polymer currency
- رُقْعَہ مَصْرَف (ruq'a masraf)paper or polymer currency
- بَینْک نوٹ (baiṅk noṭ)paper or polymer currency
Vietnamese giấy bạc
- giấy bạcpaper or polymer currency
Welsh papur punt
- papur puntpaper or polymer currency
Yiddish באַנקנאָטע, אַסיגנאַציע
- באַנקנאָטע (banknote)paper or polymer currency
- אַסיגנאַציע (asignatsye)paper or polymer currency
- סיגנאַציע (signatsye)paper or polymer currency
Cite this entry
APA
banknote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banknote
MLA
“banknote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banknote. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “banknote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banknote.
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