单词 | sight draft |
释义 | > as lemmassight draft sight draft n. = sight cheque n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > draft form with counterfoil > draft payable on presentation sight draft1850 1850 G. N. Jones Florida Plantation Rec. (1927) 60 Your favor of the 22nd ult. enclosing sight draft on Messrs Habersham for $200. 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends xxi. 214 Dawsey's ‘account’ is a good one. He never draws against shipments, but holds on, and sells sight drafts, thus making the exchange. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xiv. 254 It's a gold mine. It's a sight-draft on your president man for twenty thousand dollars. 1979 O. Sela Petrograd Consignment 34 At the bank..letters of authority were presented, mandates altered and instructions given for the preparation of sight drafts. < as lemmas |
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