| 单词 | advance note |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadvance note advance note n. Nautical (now historical) a document promising future payment to a sailor. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > document containing schedule1622 advance note1831 Citizen's Charter1851 pledge card1861 commission note1878 1831 Times 26 Feb. 4/4 He tendered in payment a paper, purporting to be an advance note for his wages, signed by Messrs. Graham, the owners of the vessel. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 606/1 Advance notes—that is, documents promising the future payment of money on account of a seaman's wages conditionally on his going to sea. 2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) vi. 215 Reform legislation in 1875 proposed the abolition of the advance note and its replacement by allotment notes, payable only to wives or ‘sweethearts’. < as lemmas |
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