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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Two-year swaps jumped 15 bps to 5.11%, still well below the March peak of 5.53%, while the 90-day bank bill rate implies the official cash rate will peak at 5.5%.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2023
Washington state Sen. Patty Kuderer, a Democrat who is sponsoring a public bank bill, estimated it would take a $10 million loan from the state to cover startup costs.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
When the governor signed a seed bank bill in Palmer, it’s likely Ketchikan hardly noticed.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
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
He recalled the circumstance that Sir Robert Peel's famous bank bill was introduced in Parliament in 1844 with the confident declaration by Her Majesty's Government that "inquiry had been exhausted."
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
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