settling of accounts
11United States House Committee on Accounts — The United States House Committee on Accounts is a former committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1803 to 1927.HistoryThe committee was created on December 27 1803, and was made a standing committee in 1805.In 1911 the… …
12settle accounts with — settle (orsquare) accounts with pay money owed to (someone) ■ have revenge on the dirty business of settling accounts with former Communists …
13New York Clearing House — The New York Clearing House Association, the nation’s first and largest bank clearing house, was created in 1853, and has played a variety of important roles in supporting the development of the banking system in America’s financial capital.… …
14Netherlands, The — officially Kingdom of The Netherlands byname Holland Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,033 sq mi (41,526 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 16,142,000. Capital: Amsterdam; Seat of Government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. Languages:… …
15Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
16Hans Frank — Hans Frank, photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann Governor General of the General Government In office 26 October 1939 – January 1945 …
17James Giles (porcelain decorator) — James Giles (1718 1780) was a decorator of Worcester, Derby, Bow and Chelsea porcelain and also glass, who created gilt and enamelled objects such as decanters, drinking glasses, perfume bottles and rosewater sprinklers, for a rococo and… …
18clearing house — An adjunct to a futures exchange through which transactions executed on its floor where trades are settled by a process of matching purchases and sales. A clearing organization is also charged with the proper conduct of delivery procedures and… …
19Pilon — Pi*lon , n. [Sp., sugar loaf.] [Sp. Amer.] 1. A conical loaf of sugar. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A gratuity given by tradesmen to customers settling their accounts. [Southern U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
20reckoning — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or an instance of reckoning: as a. account, bill b. computation c. calculation of a ship s position 2. a settling of accounts < day of reckoning > 3. a summing up …
