bank bill
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: bank draft. a bill of exchange drawn by one bank on another
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Also called: banker's bill. a banknote
Etymology
Origin of bank bill
First recorded in 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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New York state Sen. James Sanders Jr., a Democrat from Queens who is sponsoring a public bank bill, said in an interview that bank branches are disappearing from some neighborhoods.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
It was enough to convince Washington, who signed the bank bill into law.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2016
Congress had a spirited debate, and, before signing the bank bill into law, President Washington requested detailed legal opinions from Attorney General Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2012
Swap rates imply the three-month bank bill yield will be about 3.4 percent by late 2013.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 21, 2012
The question then occurred whether the bank bill proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and introduced by me into the Senate, would tend to secure a national currency beyond the danger of inflation.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
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