foreign bill

American  

noun

1. a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.

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foreign bill British  

noun

1. a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another: used extensively in foreign trade Compare inland bill

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Etymology

Origin of foreign bill

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

To cut a huge foreign bill for food, he asked people to plant vegetables in their front yards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Between June 17 and last week foreign bill holdings dropped from $378,717,000 to $220,174,000; foreign bank deposits swelled from $5,676,000 to $180,483,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not sought to detract from the influence of the English-drawn foreign bill, or, as might be imagined, to explain it away altogether.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

When a foreign bill is dishonoured the holder must cause it to be protested by a notary public.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The debtor in that case was the endorser of a foreign bill of exchange which apparently had been purchased by the United States.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel