From en.wiktionary.org:
[Banknote]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en] - [en] - [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A piece of currency made of paper or polymer . [from 18th c.] <!--sense Q47433 came from the sense below because Q47433 originally was literally a promissory note and it still is in a way-->
1. [en] [en] A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary . [from 17th c.] 2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1728 | author=w:John Gay | title=The Beggar's Opera | section=I.4 |passage=Was Captain _Macheath_ here this Morning, for the BANK-NOTES he left with you last Week?}}
**** Translations
[paper or polymer currency]
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[en]
** Latvian
[lang=lv]
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [lv], probably via another language (cf. [de], [ru], [ru]).
*** Pronunciation
- [lv]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en] , bill [piece of paper currency , print ed by a ( central ) bank]
**** Declension
[bankno]
**** See also
- [lv] - [lv] - [lv] [lv]