banker's acceptance

[ bang-kerz ak-sep-tuhns ]

/ ˈbæŋ kərz ækˈsɛp təns /

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noun

a draft or bill of exchange that a bank has accepted. Abbreviation: BA

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Also called bank ac·cept·ance .

Compare acceptance (def. 6).

Origin of banker's acceptance

First recorded in 1810–15

How to use banker's acceptance in a sentence

And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.
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A better taxonomy would break us up by words like Acceptance, Partial Denial, and Total Denial.
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In your acceptance speech at the National Book Awards, you said, “War is too strange to be processed alone.”
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For the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.
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Removing distinctions like “plus-size” would get her and millions of other women closer to that level of acceptance.
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This acceptance is based upon a transaction involving the importation or exportation of goods.
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Accordingly he carries to court a beautiful barb, and requests his majesty's acceptance of it.
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Strength is given him to do it with acceptance; and, through marvellous grace, he stands among the children of the Covenant!
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In every contract there is an offer made by one party and an acceptance or refusal by the other.
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Suppose he should receive an acceptance by letter or telegraph but deny it, and insist that no contract had been made.
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