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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The bankers in Vienna pay the foreign bill of exchange in Convenzions Münze, which you must afterwards change for Wiener Währung, the only current money in Vienna and Austria.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

No protest is legal evidence in court, except in the case of a foreign bill.

From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.