| 单词 | bank post bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBank post bill 1. A promissory note intended to be conveyed to its recipient by post; spec. (esp. in Bank post bill) a type of interest-bearing promissory note issued by the Bank of England; cf. bank bill n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > postal order post bill1740 money order1802 post-office order1815 order1846 P.O.O.1856 PO1861 postal note1862 postal order1864 mandat1896 M.O.1909 postal draft1929 1740 Daily Post 30 Dec. (advt.) Lost or mislaid a bank post bill for 300 l. made payable to Col. Charles Legge (since deceas'd). 1791 T. Jefferson Let. 17 Mar. in Papers (1974) XIX. 581 The post..shall carry you post-bills on the collector for repaiment. 1798 T. Rumney Sketch 16 May in A. W. Rumney From Old South-Sea House (1914) xix. 298 Bank Post Bills sent A. Rumney payable to him, dated 25th June, 1798. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 6 Post Bills on the Bank of England. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ii. 30 Premium on a Bank of England post-bill. 1863 Haydn's Dict. Dates (ed. 11) 67 Bank bills were paid in silver, 1745. The first bank post-bills were issued 1754. 1915 Times 9 Apr. 11/5 There are many very desirable lots. One of the most interesting is a Bank of England ‘Bank Post Bill’ for £10, 1847, endorsed by the Duke of Wellington. 1933 Economist 13 May 15/1 Bank post bills are issued in much the same way as the Post Office cheques, but it will be seen that their use is declining. 2004 J. Oldham Eng. Common Law in Age of Mansfield ii. 41 An eighteen-year-old youth was executed after having been convicted of stealing a bank note and a bank post bill. < as lemmas |
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