DEFINITION of 'C-Note'
C-note is a slang term for a $100 banknote in American currency. The "C" in C-note refers to the Roman numeral for 100, which was printed on $100 bills, and it can also refer to century. The term came to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s, and it was popularized in a number of gangster films.
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