单词 | exchequer-bill |
释义 | > as lemmasexchequer-bill exchequer-bill n. a bill of credit issued by authority of Parliament (first in 1696), bearing interest at the current rate. ΚΠ 1701 London Gaz. No. 3694/4 Lost..3 Exchequer Bills of 5l. each. 1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) i. 191/1 Exchequer-bills to the amount of £3,000,000. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 698 In the midst of the general distress and confusion appeared the first Exchequer Bills. < as lemmas |
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