accepting house

  • 1accepting house — also acceptance house ➔ house * * * accepting house UK US noun [C] (also acceptance house, also acceptance bank) ► BANKING one of several large banks in London in the …

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  • 2accepting house — A financial institution which accepts bills of exchange (bill of exchange). Related links discount house letters of credit Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms …

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  • 3Accepting house — An accepting house is a primarily British institution which specializes in the acceptance and guarantee of bills of exchange thereby facilitating the lending of money. They now have taken on other functions as the use of bills has declined,… …

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  • 4accepting house — noun see acceptance house * * * accepting house noun A financial institution, such as a merchant bank, which accepts bills of exchange • • • Main Entry: ↑accept * * * acceptance house or accepting house, = merchant bank. (Cf. ↑ …

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  • 5accepting house — An institution specializing in accepting or guaranteeing bills of exchange A service fee is charged for guaranteeing payment, enabling the bill to be discounted at preferential rates on the money market The decline in the use of bills of exchange …

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  • 6accepting house — /ək septɪŋ haυs/, acceptance house /ək septəns haυs/ noun a firm (usually a merchant bank) which accepts bills of exchange (i.e. promises to pay them) at a discount, in return for immediate payment to the issuer, in this case the Bank of England …

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  • 8House Stark — is a fictional noble family from George R. R. Martin s A Song of Ice and Fire . Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of House Stark. House Stark is the principal noble house in the North; many lesser houses are… …

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  • 9House of Commons of Southern Ireland — was the lower house of the Irish parliament created by the Government of Ireland Act, passed in 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. The Act created two partitioned Irish states, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, each with their own… …

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  • 10House of Medici —     House of Medici     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► House of Medici     A Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired great wealth as bankers, rose in a few generations to be first the unofficial rulers of the republic of Florence and… …

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