sight draft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sight draft
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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I will draw a sight draft on my grandfather, I said.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Every car that is shipped has a sight draft attached to the bill of lading, and the consignee can not get his car until he has paid the draft.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Me and Caligula read it, and decided to let it go; for we, being cooks, were amenable to praise, though it sounded out of place on a sight draft for ten thousand dollars.
From The Gentle Grafter by H. C. Greening
The currants were quoted at a price "carriage and insurance free to London"; and the Bill of Lading etc. were to be handed to the buyer upon payment of the sight draft.
From The Waste Land by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
Two hundred thousand dollars!—honor sight draft, or pay cash on presentation and transfer!
From In Her Own Right by Clarence F. Underwood
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