post billn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊs(t) bɪl/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊs(t) ˌbɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, bill n.³

Etymology: < post n.³ + bill n.³

Now historical.

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.

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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.

†2. Chiefly U.S. A list detailing the letters, etc., in a consignment of mail. Obsolete.

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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > record of postal expenditure > bill in mail bag

post bill1792

1792 Act to establish Post-office & Post-roads U.S. (2nd U.S. Congr., 1st Sess.) 5 The deputy postmasters..[shall] answer to him for all bye or way-letters, and shall specify the number and rates in the post bill.

1855 J. Holbrook Ten Years among Mail Bags 375 As the post-bill was missing, the Hartford post master expressed the opinion that the letter had very probably fallen into the hands of the mail robber.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Post-bill, a post-office way-bill placed in the mail-bag, or given in charge of the guard or driver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	post bill
释义	post billn. Brit. /ˈpəʊs(t) bɪl/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t) ˌbɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, bill n.³ Etymology: < post n.³ + bill n.³ Now historical. 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. †2. Chiefly U.S. A list detailing the letters, etc., in a consignment of mail. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > record of postal expenditure > bill in mail bag post bill1792 1792 Act to establish Post-office & Post-roads U.S. (2nd U.S. Congr., 1st Sess.) 5 The deputy postmasters..[shall] answer to him for all bye or way-letters, and shall specify the number and rates in the post bill. 1855 J. Holbrook Ten Years among Mail Bags 375 As the post-bill was missing, the Hartford post master expressed the opinion that the letter had very probably fallen into the hands of the mail robber. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Post-bill, a post-office way-bill placed in the mail-bag, or given in charge of the guard or driver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1740
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