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/bɪl əv ɪkstʃˈeɪndʒ/ Listen

Bill of exchange

noun

A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another. Synonyms: draft, order of payment.

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"Bill of exchange" Quotes from Famous Books

... and the gardens are brilliantly illuminated. The effect of the thousands of coloured lamps, in all parts of the foliage, is very beautiful. The moon is up, and a million stars! If it be not quite as light as day, it is just light enough for pleasure. You could not perhaps endorse a bill of exchange, or engross a parchment, by this light; but then it is just the light to read a love-letter by, and do ...

— Vivian Grey • The Earl of Beaconsfield

... More than that, we provide the capital that moves that produce from one part of the world to another, not merely for ourselves, but for other countries. I ask every one to pick up just one little piece of paper, one bill of exchange, to find out what we are doing. Take the cotton trade of the world. Cotton is moved first of all from the plantation, say to the Mississippi, then down to New Orleans, then it is moved from there either to Great Britain or to Germany or ...

— Lloyd George - The Man and His Story • Frank Dilnot

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