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

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foreign bill

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 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

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