| 单词 | bill of exchange |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbill of exchange a. (More fully bill of exchange). A written order by the writer or ‘drawer’ to the ‘drawee’ (the person to whom it is addressed) to pay a certain sum on a given date to the ‘drawer’ or to a third person named in the bill, known as the ‘payee’.A true bill of exchange is given in consideration of value received (and this is usually stated upon the bill), but a bill is sometimes drawn, not against value received, but merely as a means of raising money on credit, and is then known as an accommodation bill n. at accommodation n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > a promissory note or bill of exchange exchange1485 bill1579 bill1613 hundi1619 assignment1622 cambio1645 note1653 order1673 bank bill1682 banknote1695 assignation1704 promissory note1710 note of hand1728 stiff1823 time bill1842 PO1861 marker1887 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 310 The marchands making difficultie..to accept the billes of exchaunge that were sent out of Fraunce. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 27 Mar. (1970) II. 61 I did get him to promise me some money upon a bill of exchange. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges v. 23 A Bill of Exchange is an obligatory Writing, containing (1.) a Time When, (2.) the Place Where the same is dispatched, (3.) the Sum, (4.) agreed on, and ordered, (5.) at a certain Day, (6.) To whom it must be paid [etc.]. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 13 Mar. 1/2 He gave me a Bill upon his Goldsmith in London. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 466. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 20 An Inland Bill is when the drawer and person drawn upon live in the same country or kingdom. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xviii. 153 His bills were protested: his act of bankruptcy formal. 1880 B. Price in Fraser's Mag. May 668 Bills impart a valuable convenience to trade..they borrow the goods without payment for a time more or less long. < as lemmas |
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