bank letter of credit

  • 1Bank Letter of Credit Policy — Standards allowing banks to confirm letters of credit ( letter of credit) by foreign banks supporting the purchase of US exports. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2Bank Letter Of Credit Policy — An insurance policy that allows U.S. banks to confirm letters of credit issued by foreign financial institutions, facilitating the purchase of domestic exports. The policy was established by the Export Import Bank of the United States and insures …

    Investment dictionary

  • 3letter of credit — letter of credit: a document issued to a beneficiary at the request of the issuer s customer in which the issuer (as a bank) promises to honor a demand for payment by the beneficiary in order to satisfy or secure the customer s debt compare… …

    Law dictionary

  • 4Letter of credit — Credit Cred it (kr[e^]d [i^]t), n. [F. cr[ e]dit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See {Creed}.] 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5letter of credit — n an official letter from a bank allowing a particular person to take money from another bank …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6letter of credit — n. a letter from a bank asking that the holder of the letter be allowed to draw specified sums of money from other banks or agencies, to be charged to the account of the writer of the letter …

    English World dictionary

  • 7Letter of credit — After a contract is concluded between buyer and seller, buyer s bank supplies a letter of credit to seller …

    Wikipedia

  • 8letter of credit — An obligation issued by a bank on behalf of a bank customer to a third party. There are many different kinds of letters of credit. The two most common are commercial letters and standby letters. A commercial or trade letter of credit is a bank… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 9letter of credit — An engagement by a bank or other person made at the request of a customer that the issuer will honor drafts or other demands for payment upon compliance with the conditions specified in the credit. A credit may be either revocable or irrevocable …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10letter of credit — An engagement by a bank or other person made at the request of a customer that the issuer will honor drafts or other demands for payment upon compliance with the conditions specified in the credit. A credit may be either revocable or irrevocable …

    Black's law dictionary