Both Uses of
promissory note
in
War and Peace
- But once the countess called her son and informed him that she had a promissory note from Anna Mikhaylovna for two thousand rubles, and asked him what he thought of doing with it.†
Chpt 7 *
- As always happens in such cases rivalry sprang up as to which should get paid first, and those who like Mitenka held promissory notes given them as presents now became the most exacting of the creditors.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(promissory note) a legal document promising to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain timeeditor's notes: A promissory note is often just called a note.