单词 | to shave paper |
释义 | > as lemmasto shave paper 11. transitive. U.S. slang. To discount (a promissory note) at an exorbitant rate of interest; also to shave paper. (Cf. shaver n. 2b.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > use bills of exchange redraw1697 to fly a kite1808 shave1832 to draw pig on (also upon) pork1846 to fly a bill1861 1832 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) To shave a note, to purchase it at a great discount, a discount much beyond the legal rate of interest. (A low phrase.) 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xv. 101 He says..he is makin a good livin in shavin drafts from 1/ 4 to 11/ 2 per cent, which the U.S. Bank used to take and collect for nothin. 1834 ‘J. Downing’ Life A. Jackson 29 The Pontius Pilates who shave notes and receive niggurs in pawn. 1890 B. L. Gildersleeve Ess. & Stud. 225 He could not have made both ends meet by ‘shaving paper’ at thirty-six per cent. < as lemmas |
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