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promissory |
2 definitions found 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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