| 单词 | bank paper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbank paper bank paper n. (a) banknotes in circulation; bills of exchange accepted by a bank; (b) thin paper used esp. for making carbon copies of typewritten documents (cf. flimsy n. 2), or for foreign correspondence. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] paper money1669 bank paper1696 paper1704 rag1797 scrieve1800 rag money1808 soft1809 soft currency1837 stamps1872 scratch1914 folding money1930 ready1937 society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper for correspondence > types of mourning paper1635 bank paper1696 bank post1801 foreign1825 Bath-post1837 bill-head1845 mourning notepaper1846 vellum post1847 bond papera1877 correspondence card1892 notehead1892 airmail paper1933 letterhead1939 notelet1955 bluey1989 1696 Reply Def. Bank 16 After they have made 15 per cent. profit to themselves thereby, by converting the same into this sort of Bank-paper, they can by this means, even an Account of 10000 l. with their Principals and get 1500 l. by the bargain. 1787 T. Jefferson Let. 27 Mar. in Papers (1955) XI. 246 I would also be glad to have a dozen [prints] on bank paper, on account of it's thinness and not breaking on the folds. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 336 They imagine that our flourishing state in England is owing to that bank-paper, and not the bank-paper to the flourishing condition of our commerce. View more context for this quotation 1816 U. Brown in Maryland Hist. Mag. 10 356 This morning..receives in Bank paper of him $25.00. 1836 Southern Lit. Messenger 2 461 A substitute for bank paper. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 6 Bank paper, a thin paper mostly used for foreign letter or note paper to save cost of postage. 1923 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery 56 Onion skin, an American paper trade expression..applied to very thin and crisp typewriting or bank paper. 1961 Times 10 June 15/7 The discount market raised its buying rates for fine bank paper by 1-32 per cent. 2001 S. Seunarine Office Procedures for Caribbean (ed. 2) ii. 28 Bank paper is often coloured pink, blue, yellow or green. 2009 Financial Times 12 Oct. (FTfm section) 13 The risk spreads on bank paper have come in to pre-crash levels. < as lemmas |
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