promissory note

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Recent Examples of promissory note The Securities Division of the Indiana Secretary of State issued Grubbs a cease and desist order because he wasn't registered to offer short-term, high-interest promissory notes. Alexandria Burris, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2024 The filing also details various financial agreements, including amendments to promissory notes with Charles Hyatt, extending maturity dates to May 2025. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024 The purchase involved cash, a promissory note, and Berkshire Hathaway B shares. Bill Stone, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 The spread of promissory notes (letters of credit) in the High Middle Ages caused an upheaval in Eurasian markets. Kevin Werbach, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2019 See all Example Sentences for promissory note 
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Noun
  • It can be ordered by sending your name and address, plus a check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds), to: Dear Abby Popularity Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The post office, on the lower floor of the West Mall Office Building, provides services such as passport photos, post office box rentals, money orders, priority mail, greeting cards and stamps.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • World & Nation Amid a cash shortage in Gaza, paper money is starting to disintegrate, adding to desperation Dec. 5, 2024 The Israeli military often takes months to respond to medical evacuation requests, and the number of evacuations has plunged in recent months.
    Wafaa Shurafa and Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In some areas, businesses are legally required to take paper money or have been pushed to do so by customer demand.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 Ducks have numerous top talents still on their entry-level contracts, including four forwards chosen in the top five of various NHL drafts — Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Mason McTavish and Beckett Sennecke — along with promising defensemen Olen Zellweger, Pavel Mintyukov and Jackson LaCombe.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Not a great strategy to pursue in back-to-back years, even with a compensatory draft pick at the end of each pitcher’s tenure factoring into the equation.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025

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