Copy notes and figure of speech (9)
I believe the answer is:
facsimile
'copy' is the definition.
(I know that facsimile is a type of copy)
'notes and figure of speech' is the wordplay.
'notes' becomes 'fac' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'figure of speech' becomes 'simile' (simile is a kind of figure of speech).
'fac'+'simile'='FACSIMILE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for facsimile that I've seen before include "Exact copy of written or printed material" , "Exact reproduction" , "communication" .)