A promissory note, sometimes referred to as a note payable, is a legal instrument (more particularly, a financing instrument and a debt instrument), in which one party (the maker or issuer) promises in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other (the payee),[1] subject to any terms and conditions specified within the document.[2]
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^Aigler, Ralph W. (1928). "Conditions in Bills and Notes". Michigan Law Review. 26 (5): 471–501. doi:10.2307/1279114. JSTOR1279114.