promissory note

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Recent Examples of promissory note People got back promissory notes — slips of paper with the dollar amount written in. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025 His company, Sky Group, incurred a severe cash-flow problem and was unable to make interest payments on investors’ promissory notes. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025 Today Khader is an emergency physician at Northwestern Medicine Palos Health in Palos Heights and Moe has a solo practice in civil law, which includes contract disputes, promissory notes and leases. Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025 In some cases, Grubbs would roll over promissory notes with continued promises to repay investors even greater dividends. Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for promissory note
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promissory note
Noun
  • Envelope full of cash and a personal money order for daycare payment.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Checks and money orders will continue to be accepted until October 28, USCIS said.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Why Countries May Back Digital Currency Each of the examples above highlights the fact that the problem isn’t the physical object, whether coins or paper money.
    Alex Pron, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The parking kiosks the city plans to use will take credit cards and coins, but no paper money.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 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
  • Like Nabers, Beckham played college football for the LSU Tigers, and like Nabers, Beckham began his NFL career as a first-round draft pick for the Giants.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The food and drink lineup includes 16-ounce draft beers in aluminum baseball cups for $5, ice cream sundaes in a baseball helmet for $5, nachos for $8 and three types of specialty hot dogs for $9 each.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Promissory note.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promissory%20note. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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