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promissory note

a written promise to pay a certain sum of money to a certain person or bearer on demand or on a specified date

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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