a bill of exchange cosigned by a guarantor: designed to strengthen the acceptor's credit
Also called: windbill, windmill
accommodation bill in American English
noun
a bill, draft, or note made, drawn, accepted, or endorsed by one person for another without consideration, to enable the second person to obtain credit or raise money
Also called: accommodation paper
Word origin
[1815–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aesthetic, diorama, heuristic, pullout, welterweight