bank acceptance

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noun

a bill of exchange or draft drawn on and endorsed by a bankAlso called: banker's acceptance

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Words nearby bank acceptance

banjolele, Banjul, bank, Banka, bankable, bank acceptance, bank account, bank-and-turn indicator, bank annuities, bank balance, bank barn

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How to use bank acceptance in a sentence

One that they cannot cash in at the bank to pay for their flats.
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A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
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But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.
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He was surprised that the central bank did not understand that.
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At this point in his life, Denton has enough filthy lucre in his bank account to affect a certain lack of interest in the stuff.
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In sorting notes it is necessary to be able readily to distinguish between notes of this bank and notes of other reserve banks.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Thus far Boston banks have received more benefits from this bank than have the other banks in this district.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The dormant accounts most of the banks maintain with the reserve bank are, perhaps, indicative of their attitude toward it.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips