01 a. Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
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Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
Phrases & compounds
Promissory note —
a written promise to pay to some person named, and at a time specified therein, or on demand, or at sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely and at all events; -- frequently called a note of hand.