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trade bill

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noun

  1. a bill of exchange drawn on and accepted ( trade acceptance ) by a trader in payment for goods

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some senators also had disagreed over language in a provision in the trade bill reauthorizing the Magnitsky Act, a law that allows sanctions over human rights violations.

From Reuters • Apr. 7, 2022

The oil ban passed 413-9 and the trade bill passed 420-3.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Passage of the trade bill came one day after Trump signed a new trade agreement with China, easing trade tensions between the economic powers.

From Fox News • Jan. 16, 2020

To import the finished products to retail stores across the United States, Columbia must navigate the remnants of a trade bill, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2018

The trade bill in England arises in the following way: Trader A sells goods to trader B. He will draw a draft on trader B at, say, three months date.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

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