| 单词 | bank of exchange |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbank of exchange a. The action of giving or receiving coin in return for coin of equivalent value either of the same or a foreign country, for bullion, or for notes or bills; a bargain respecting this; the trade of a money-changer. †bank of exchange: the office of a money-changer or banker. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > money-changing exchange1377 wisseling1463 money-changing1623 agiotage1726 agio1817 1335 Act 9 Edw. III stat. 2 c. 7 Et que table deschange soit a Dovorri & aillours, ou & qant il semblera a nos & a notre consail per faire eschange.] 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 249 Eschaunges and cheuesances with suche chaffare I dele. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 280 Wel koude he in eschaunge sheeldes [i.e. Fr. écus] selle. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Hvv He maketh his banke & exchange with some ryche marchaunt. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Exchaunge, wher as gayne or lucre is gotten at the second hande, promercium. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie E 360 The losse and decay for the exchange of some piece of gold or siluer. Collybus. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 127 Not without good cause..hath Douer..beene..assigned by lawes of Parleament, as a speciall place for passage and eschaunge. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Change Banke of Exchange, or place wherein money is exchanged, and commodities bartered for. 1894 N.E.D. at Exchange Mod. I lost a good deal by the exchange of some 20-mark pieces that I brought home. < as lemmas |
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