sight bill
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He thought again of the sight bills, now locked in the Great Cabin of the Defiance and payable in one week.
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The New York Bank draws £100,000 of ninety days' sight bills, and, satisfactory collateral having been deposited, turns them over to the brokerage house of Smith & Jones, the borrowers.
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The New York Bank draws £100,000 of ninety days' sight bills, and, satisfactory collateral having been deposited, turns them over to the brokerage house of Smith & Jones.
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"And I suppose you'll be telling me next that Master Briggs and the Council can scarcely wait to settle your sight bills."
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You'd best stop dreaming about Jamaica and put your deep mind to work on how you're going to collect those sight bills from the Council.
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