acceptance bill of exchange

  • 61acceptance in blank — The act of the drawee of a bill of exchange in merely signing his name across the face of the bill …

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  • 62acceptance — n. 1. Accepting, taking, reception, receipt, acknowledgment. 2. Favorable reception, approbation, approval, gratification, satisfaction, pleasure. 3. (Com.) Accepted bill (of exchange) …

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  • 63accommodation bill — a bill of exchange accepted by an accommodation party, that is, a person signing without receiving value and for the purpose of lending his name (and his credit) to someone else. An accommodation party is liable on the bill to a holder for value …

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  • 64A true bill — Bill Bill, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.]… …

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  • 66trade acceptance — noun a bill of exchange for a specific purchase; drawn on the buyer by the seller and bearing the buyer s acceptance • Hypernyms: ↑draft, ↑bill of exchange, ↑order of payment * * * noun : a time draft or bill of exchange for the amount of a… …

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  • 67bankers' acceptance — United Kingdom A form of bill of exchange issued by a customer of a bank and backed by the bank accepting primary liability upon the bill s maturity (the customer remains secondarily liable as drawer of the bill). A bankers acceptance is an… …

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  • 68conditional acceptance — An acceptance of a bill of exchange containing some qualification, limitation, or condition, different from what is expressed on the face of the bill, or from what the law implies, upon a general acceptance. Todd v Bank of Kentucky, 66 Ky (3… …

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  • 69presentment for acceptance — The presenting of a bill of exchange to the drawee therein named for his acceptance and agreement to pay the bill, usually at some time in the future. 11 Am J2d B & N § 730. Any act which amounts to a notification of the holding of a bill of… …

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  • 70bank acceptance — noun Etymology: bank (IV) : a draft drawn on and accepted by a bank or banker * * * a draft or bill of exchange that a bank has accepted. Abbr.: BA Also called banker s acceptance. Cf. acceptance (def. 6). * * * bank acceptance, a draft or bill… …

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