Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
Reputation; distinction.
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
A short informal letter; a billet.
A piece of paper money; a banknote.
A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
Observation; notice; heed.
The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
A diplomatic missive or written communication.
A call or song of a bird.
A critical comment.
A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
A key of the piano or organ.
A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
To denote; to designate.
To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
To annotate.
To set down in musical characters.
To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.