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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bearing interest at 7.30 per cent.: used of certain notes issued by the United States Government. See II.
  • noun The popular name for certain notes issued by the government of the United States in 1861, 1864, and 1865, redeemable in three years, and bearing interest at 7.30 per cent.—that is, 2 cents a day on $100.

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