bordereau

American  

[bawr-duh-roh] / ˌbɔr dəˈroʊ /

noun

• bordereaux
  plural

1. a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.

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bordereau British  

/ bɔrdəro, ˌbɔːdəˈrəʊ /

noun

1. a memorandum or invoice prepared for a company by an underwriter, containing a list of reinsured risks

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bordereaux
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bordereau

1895–1900; < French, equivalent to bord edge ( see border) + -ereau; see -rel

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bordereau bordereaux

Marie-Georges Picquart stumbled on evidence that the real spy was Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, a commandant whose handwriting did indeed match that of the bordereau, and who did indeed need money to cover huge debts.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010

Most Frenchmen now know that the bordereau was a forgery and without any real value.

From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 by Frank Harris

The ground upon which this revision was claimed related to an alleged confession and to the authorship of the bordereau, the document which had been instrumental in procuring a conviction.

From A Short History of France by Mary Platt Parmele

He had won the help of a skilled writer Bernard Lazare; a daily paper succeeded in obtaining and publishing a facsimile of the bordereau.

From A History of the Third French Republic by C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad) Wright

"He must have known that he wrote the bordereau," he replied.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

Either the German and Italian governments will now publish or not publish all the details of their transactions—give the exact documents meant by the bordereaux and the exact names of the French traitors.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James

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