How to spell note

Note is spelled N-O-T-E.

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What it means: A short written message.

In a sentence: I wrote a note to my friend.

Same family: banknote, banknote(s), currency, bill, cash. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The money sense of "note" comes from the longer term "banknote," first used in English in the 17th century for a written promise by a bank to pay the bearer. Over time, these promises turned into the paper money itself, and people shortened the word to simply "note" in many English-speaking countries.

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