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promissory note

negotiable instrument, wherein one party makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other
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Summary

promissory note is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of legal term or legal concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,632 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: financial product[3]
  • Part of: negotiable instrument[4]
  • Commons category: Promissory notes[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Promissory notes[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[9], New International Encyclopedia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Different from: loan note[13]

Why It Matters

promissory note has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → promissory-notes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: promissory-notes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949514|promissory notes (#289949514)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005887-smenky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005887-smenky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · PerspicaciousLeo · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → negotiable instrument
    Instance of → legal term or legal concept
    Subclass of → financial product
    Library of congress authority id → sh85014059
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85107416, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779427361939"
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