promissory note

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Recent Examples of promissory note In exchange, Terrell had signed a promissory note committing to pay her $60,000 by year-end. Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025 Riddell had been involved in a number of lawsuits around this time, including as a plaintiff in an action filed against its former president Frederic H. Brooks, who also was also among the co-investors with Epstein on the promissory note. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2025 In 2024, the SEC claims Frost expanded the financial firm’s reach by offering and selling the promissory notes to the public on the radio, the firm’s website and on podcasts and other programs. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 11 July 2025 Grubbs issued investors unsecured promissory notes paying a 12% interest rate compounded monthly, with lump sum repayments after 18 months. Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for promissory note
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Noun
  • Those who wish to pay without incurring those fees will need to mail a check or money order, provide cash or money order at a payment kiosk, or set up their online or auto pay directly from a bank account.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The small fee is paid by credit card or money order.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The beans represent coins, the greens they are served with symbolize paper money, and cornbread is for gold.
    Vogue, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The sharp rally in gold and silver can be read as a market referendum on the credibility of paper money.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 8 Dec. 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
  • And on New Year's Day, the traditional Southern spread consists of black-eyed peas and collard greens (symbols for wealth—coins and green folding money, respectively), ham or pork (for prosperity), and cornbread (for gold).
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • The following spring, the Bills moved up in the draft to select a quarterback who became a cornerstone, and optimism ran high going into 2018.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • An earlier draft of a peace plan, which emerged in November and was criticized as being heavily favorable to Moscow, sought to cap Ukraine’s armed forces at 600,000 personnel.
    Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026

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“Promissory note.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promissory%20note. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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