NOTE OF HAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does note of hand mean? 

• NOTE OF HAND (noun)
  The noun NOTE OF HAND has 1 sense:

1. a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time

  Familiarity information: NOTE OF HAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTE OF HAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

note; note of hand; promissory note

Context example:

I had to co-sign his note at the bank

Hypernyms ("note of hand" is a kind of...):

certificate of indebtedness; debt instrument; obligation (a written promise to repay a debt)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "note of hand"):

demand note (a note payable on demand)

note receivable (your right in a promissory note in which the maker promises to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time)

note payable (a note promising to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time)

municipal note (a municipal debt instrument with a maturity of less than 2 years)

IOU (an informal debt instrument; representing 'I owe you')

time note (a note that specifies the time (or times) of repayment)

 Context examples 

Under these circumstances, alike humiliating to endure, humiliating to contemplate, and humiliating to relate, I have discharged the pecuniary liability contracted at this establishment, by giving a note of hand, made payable fourteen days after date, at my residence, Pentonville, London.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)