promissory note

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Recent Examples of promissory note Generally, there is unlimited personal liability for the partnership’s contractual obligations, like promissory notes and mortgages. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Yes, a bond — whether sold by a government or a private business — is an IOU or promissory note. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025 The loans were promissory notes issued to Cavileer by Roski on behalf of Majestic. Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025 The basic mechanism involves the seller transferring the asset to a DST in exchange for a promissory note. Andre Pennington, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for promissory note
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Noun
  • Beginning in April, FinCEN will require money service businesses (MSBs) in those ZIP codes to report those Americans who spend more than $200 in cash or cash equivalent on items like money orders and traveler's checks.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • At a retail store: Pay by cash, check, money order, debit or credit card at an Optimum store.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The United States in that war started printing paper money not redeemable in gold, and everybody hoarded silver.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • During this time, China replaced its traditional currency of silver and gold with paper money.
    Hassan Tayir, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Not all vendors accept credit cards or electronic payments, so make sure to bring your folding money.
    Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Actual folding money has been raised, and in 2016 actual ground is to be broken, on HTT’s 5-mile (8-kilometer) test track in California.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2015
Noun
  • The discussion draft format signals senators want genuine input before finalizing their regulatory strategy, with a comprehensive Request for Information covering regulatory clarity, investor protection, trading venues, custody, illicit finance, banking innovation, and preemption issues.
    Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • Following April’s draft, the Jets signed Davis and released veteran kicker Greg Zuerlein a week later.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025

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“Promissory note.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promissory%20note. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.

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