customhouse agent

  • 1Customhouse — Cus tom*house ( hous ), n. The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared. [1913 Webster] {Customhouse broker}, an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.… …

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  • 2Customhouse broker — Customhouse Cus tom*house ( hous ), n. The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared. [1913 Webster] {Customhouse broker}, an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods… …

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  • 3customhouse broker — noun : an agent who acts for merchants in entering and clearing goods and vessels …

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  • 4entry at customhouse — The exhibition or depositing by a ship s officer of the papers required by law, at the customhouse, or the giving of information to customs authorities with respect to the ship s cargo, for the purpose of securing permission to land or to… …

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  • 5Агент — 1) (Agens) латинское слово, означает действующее , и в физике и химии употребляется в том же смысле, как сила . Тем и другим словом выражают нечто, внутреннее существо чего хотя неизвестно, но должно быть принимаемо за причину известных явлений.… …

    Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • 6Агент, лицо — (лат. agere действовать, двигать, править, управлять) деятель, лицо, действующее по поручению или полномочию другого. Агенты бывают официальные (представители публичной власти) и частные. К первым относятся агенты дипломатические, торгово… …

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  • 7A 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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  • 8Bill — 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.] [1913 …

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  • 9Bill of adventure — 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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  • 10Bill of costs — 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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