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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Promissory \Prom"is*so*ry\, a.
Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to
be done or forborne.
{Promissory note} (Law), a written promise to pay to some
person named and at a time specified therein, or on
demand, or at sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely
and at all events; -- frequently called a {note of hand}.
--Kent. Byles. Story.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
promissory
adj : containing or involving or having the nature of a promise;
"promissory oath"
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