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
Your bank cheque is your sight draft on your bank.
From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour
The sight draft Check.—A check is a written order on a bank, signed by a depositor, directing the bank to pay a certain person a certain sum of money.
From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose
Two hundred thousand dollars!—honor sight draft, or pay cash on presentation and transfer!
From In Her Own Right by Underwood, Clarence F.
Got a sight draft from the Bank of Eros.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Nicholson, Meredith
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