Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, a note.
- noun Plural of
notum .
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Examples
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This situation of factura vs nota is not limited to Mexican businesses.
Factura 2008
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But in smaller stores -- not necessarily mom-n-pops, but stores owned by individuals rather than huge corporations -- la nota is inevitably the order of the day.
MORE GRINGO TAX 2006
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N.B. An abbreviation for the Latin phrase nota bene, meaning note well.
N.B 2002
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To protect yourself, though, you really should get some sort of receipt or "nota" from him each time you pay him.
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To protect yourself, though, you really should get some sort of receipt or "nota" from him each time you pay him.
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To protect yourself, though, you really should get some sort of receipt or "nota" from him each time you pay him.
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To protect yourself, though, you really should get some sort of receipt or "nota" from him each time you pay him.
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So the word “note” is chosen for its root in the Latin nota, meaning “mark”, for the sense of an imprint, an impression, because the type of note we mean here is not an object but an action.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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To protect yourself, though, you really should get some sort of receipt or "nota" from him each time you pay him.
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So the word “note” is chosen for its root in the Latin nota, meaning “mark”, for the sense of an imprint, an impression, because the type of note we mean here is not an object but an action.
Notes on Notes Hal Duncan 2009
biocon commented on the word nota
In addition, nota (n.) signifies 1. a mark, sign, or symbol; 2. a stigma (obs.) (Oxford English Dictionary).
June 14, 2011