banknotes
banknotes — noun
1. Paper money produced by a country's official bank, with a stated face value and
Paper money produced by a country's official bank, with a stated face value and used in everyday buying and selling.
Zara handed the shopkeeper a folded banknote and waited for her change.
folded banknote
The banknote in the glass case was from a country that no longer exists.
Vikram held the banknote up to the light to check the metal strip inside.
At the airport, the Watanabe family changed their banknotes into the local money.
Several banknotes fell out of the old book when Rin opened it.
- bill
American English; the everyday word for a banknote (a five-dollar bill)
- note
British English; the everyday word for a banknote (a ten-pound note)
- paper money
more general — covers all money made of paper, not only single notes
- coin
metal money, used for smaller amounts
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Most often used in the plural. In everyday speech, people more commonly say cash, or bill (American English) / note (British English).