Other forms: banknotes
A banknote is a piece of paper money. A ten-pound banknote, forged banknotes, a wad of banknotes.
It was originally exactly what the name says: a note from a bank promising to pay the bearer in coin, and British notes still carry that promise in print though it no longer means anything. Modern ones are polymer rather than paper and carry a dozen security features. Note that American English says bill.
1nounbanknoteA piece of paper money.
“He pulled a crumpled banknote from his pocket to pay for the coffee.”
banknote is money.
Also accepted in games: note, bill
Bank plus note. The note was a written promise by a bank to pay the bearer.
From bank + note.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA