noun, feminine/se.dyl/plural: cédules
debt certificate, borrower's note, payment agreement; note; schedule
“Danglars voulut au moins se donner le mérite de la bonne volonté ; il prit la plume et le papier que lui présentait Peppino, écrivit la cédule, et signa.” — Danglars thought it as well to comply with a good grace, so he took the pen, ink, and paper Peppino offered him, wrote the draft, and signed it.
Synonyms: billet, emploi du temps
Inherited from Old French cedule, borrowed from Latin schedula, diminutive of scheda. Compare Portuguese and Spanish cédula.