单词 | respondentia |
释义 | respondentian. The system of lending money to the owner or master of a ship on the security of its cargo, the money being repaid (with maritime interest) only if the goods arrive safe at their destination. Also: the interest on such a loan. Cf. bottomry n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan > on security > on cargo of vessel respondentia1685 1685 in Diary & Consultation Bk. Fort St. George (1895) 1st Ser. IV. 123 Provided he gives his Bill to repay itt in Syam..with 20 p. Ct Respondentia on the Ship. 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India i. 17 A Man of an honest Character seldom wants Money at Bottomree, or Respondentia. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 14 There was one Captain Perrin Master of a Ship, who took up about 500£ on respondentia.., payable at his Return to Bengal. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 353 Merchants and other Traders frequently lend Money on Bottomree or at Respondentia and cause their Vessels with their Cargoes to be insured. 1803 Ann. Rev. 1 382/2 He begins money with Homer's oxen, and respondentia-bonds in the Cimmerian Bosphorus. 1898 Green's Encycl. Law Scot. X. 323 It is essential to the validity of a bond of respondentia that it should have been granted for the benefit of the cargo. 1926 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 40 527 The modern respondentia bond differs from the bottomry bond only in the fact that the cargo of the ship is security for the loan, instead of the ship itself. 1985 Mod. Asian Stud. 19 222 The specific mercantile grievances of the Muslim traders regarding the enhanced charges of freight, respondentia and interest. 2001 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 12 Dec. 6 The only maritime liens recognised by South African law are claims for damage done by a ship, salvage, seamen's or masters' wages and disbursements, bottomry and respondentia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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