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G-note en · NOUN

Etymology

From G (a grand, one thousand dollars)

Meanings

1. (US, informal) A one-thousand dollar banknote.
   • It seems that the President [...] hit the till for a few G-notes for the love of a blue-eyed brunette with a record of seven convictions as a prostitute. 1957, William Frank Buckley, National Review, volume 3, page 282:
   • My tight-skirted kitten pressed two G-notes into my hand. "Please, Mr. Monroe. I don't know where else to turn." 2002, Julie Kenner, Nobody But You:
   • Satch took receipt of his two G-notes at a propitious moment. 2000, Mark Ribowsky, Don't look back: Satchel Paige in the shadows of baseball, page 168:

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Relateds

C-note