be payable at sight

  • 1sight — [saɪt] noun 1. at sight BANKING FINANCE words written on a bill of exchange or promissory note to show that it must be paid as soon as it is shown to the acceptor …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2sight draft — see draft Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sight draft …

    Law dictionary

  • 3Sight — (s[imac]t), n. [OE. sight, si[thorn]t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih[eth], gesieh[eth], gesyh[eth]; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See {See}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeing; perception of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Sight draft — Sight Sight (s[imac]t), n. [OE. sight, si[thorn]t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih[eth], gesieh[eth], gesyh[eth]; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See {See}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeing;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5payable — Capable of being paid; suitable to be paid; admitting or demanding payment; justly due; legally enforceable. A sum of money is said to be payable when a person is under an obligation to pay it. Payable may therefore signify an obligation to pay… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6sight — sightable, adj. sighter, n. /suyt/, n. 1. the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision. 2. an act, fact, or instance of seeing. 3. one s range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight. 4. a view;… …

    Universalium

  • 7sight draft — An instrument payable on proper presentment (i.e. payable on demand). U.C.C. No. 3 108. A bill of exchange for the immediate collection of money. United Ben. Fire Ins. Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Ariz., Phoenix, 1 Ariz.App. 550, 405 P.2d 488, 490.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 8payable — adj. 1) payable to 2) (misc.) payable at sight; payable on demand * * * [ peɪəb(ə)l] payable on demand (misc.) payable at sight payable to …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 9sight bill — noun a draft payable on presentation • Syn: ↑sight draft • Hypernyms: ↑draft, ↑bill of exchange, ↑order of payment * * * sight bill, a bill payable at sight or on presentation …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10sight — /saɪt / (say suyt) noun 1. the power or faculty of seeing; vision. 2. the act or fact of seeing. 3. range of vision: in sight of land. 4. a view; glimpse. 5. mental view or regard. 6. something seen or to be seen; spectacle: the sights of the… …