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c-note

c-note noun: a one-hundred dollar ($100) banknote.

Noun

c-note (plural c-notes)

  1. (US, informal) A one-hundred dollar ($100) banknote.
    • If he ran now, leaving Zygmunt to forfeit the hundred, he'd have to stay on the run. It would be the super's c-note Zygmunt had put up, he wouldn't be able to go back to work on Division Street till he'd squared that hundred.1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm
    Synonyms:
    C, Benjamin

Synonyms of c-note

Forms of c-note

pluralc-notes
alternative formc note

Origin of c-note

From the Roman numeral C (“100”) (which was printed on it) + note. Attested from the 1920s.

Questions about c-note

What does c-note mean?
C-note means a one-hundred dollar ($100) banknote.
What part of speech is c-note?
C-note is a noun.
What is the plural of c-note?
The plural of c-note is c-notes.

Words near c-note in the dictionary

  1. C-lists
  2. C-low
  3. c-machine
  4. C-man
  5. C-men
  6. c-note
  7. c-notes
  8. C-nucleoside
  9. C-nucleosides
  10. C-peptide
  11. C-peptides

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