: a 100-dollar bill

Examples of C-note in a Sentence

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The official pocketed the 25 C-notes and wrote out the permit. Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024 Contrast doesn't get much better than that short of a pricey OLED panel, a noteworthy achievement for a monitor that costs less than a C-note. PCMAG, 31 May 2024 There are plenty of great options to be had for below a C-note. Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024 Such modules get a maker close to a complete class-D amp for about a C-note or less (sometimes substantially less). IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of C-note was in 1930

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“C-note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/C-note. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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