c-note

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c-note

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From the Roman numeral C (“100”) (which was printed on it) + note. Attested from the 1920s.

noun c-notes · c note

US, informal A one-hundred dollar ($100) banknote. If he ran now, leaving Zygmunt to forfeit the hundred, he'd have to stay on the run. It would be the super's c-note Zygmunt had put up, he wouldn't be able to go back to work on Division Street till he'd squared that hundred.
Similar: C, Benjamin

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"c-note." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/c-note. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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c-note. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/c-note

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"c-note." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/c-note.

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@misc{c_note_2026,
  title = {c-note},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/c-note},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}