accepting house

British  

noun

1. a financial institution that guarantees a bill of exchange, as a result of which it can be discounted on more favourable terms

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Example Sentences

Even then, Cheney still might have had a chance to remain in Congress, until she took the unusual step of accepting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appointment to the Jan. 6 committee.

From Washington Post

Despite the pushback, Ms. Cheney bucked her party again by accepting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appointment to a select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6.

From Washington Times

Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois from accepting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appointment to the committee, which is scheduled to hold its first hearing Tuesday.

From Washington Times

As they safari through the veldt of his billionairehood, lounging in his marble penthouse and attending masquerade balls and accepting house calls from hairdressers, Anastasia persists in her project of trying to get him to open up to her.

From Slate

But this situation is worse, because Netanyahu, by accepting House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to address Congress Tuesday — snubbing Obama, who wasn’t consulted — is exploiting a partisan rift in American politics and driving a wedge through the American Jewish community.

From Washington Post