BANK-BILL
\bˈaŋkbˈɪl], \bˈaŋkbˈɪl], \b_ˈa_ŋ_k_b_ˈɪ_l]\
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A promissory note issued by a bank, payable to the bearer on demand, and designed to circulate as money. Townsend v. People, 4 HI. 32S; Low v. People, 2 Park. Cr. R. (N. Y.) 37: State v. Hays, 21 Ind. 176; State v. Wilkins, 17 Vt 155.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).