单词 | balance of indebtedness |
释义 | > as lemmasbalance (of indebtedness) b. balance (of indebtedness): the difference between the total amounts which two persons, societies, or nations mutually owe each other. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt > difference between debts owed to each other balance (of indebtedness)1786 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings xv. §1 The enormous balances and remissions on that settlement arose from a general collusion between the farmers and collectors. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I clxvii. 86 We..draw the accompts of evil, And find a deuced balance with the devil. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking vii. 157 The fundamental principle, upon which the price of bills rests in the ‘balance of indebtedness.’ < as lemmas |
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