单词 | treasury note |
释义 | > as lemmastreasury note treasury note n. (a) chiefly U.S., a demand note issued by the Treasury Department, receivable as legal tender for all debts; = currency note n. at currency n. Compounds 3; (b) = treasury letter. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills warrant1433 assignmentc1460 policy1623 navy bill1679 redraft1682 tally of pro1691 bank bill1694 bank seal bill1696 chequer-bill1697 assignation1704 chequer-note1705 mint bill1707 transport debenture1707 transport-bill1710 loan-bill1722 treasury note1756 tin bill1778 treasury-bill1798 rescription1800 short bill1808 treasury-warrant1834 sight bill1853 short-paper1912 treasuries1922 T.B.1936 T.D.R.1948 T-Bill1982 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > whipping > note summoning party M.P.s treasury note1756 treasury letter1778 whip1879 1756 in S. M. Hamilton Lett. to Washington (1898) I. 202 Who is hereby required to pay the same in Treasury Notes, to be emmitted by Virtue of the said Act of Assembly. 1812 Act of Congress 20 June Treasury notes shall be every where received in payment of all duties and taxes laid by the authority of the United States. 1815 Deb. in Congress 8 Dec. (1854) 1626 Having thus absorbed a portion of the Treasury note debt..the Secretary of the Treasury proceeded to assign funds for the payment of the Treasury notes. 1820 H. Luttrell in Kaleidoscope 25 July 30/1 Or (summoned by a Treasury-note) Night after night to sit and vote. 1843 Illustr. London News 11 Mar. 169/3 Authority should be given to the proper department to re-issue Treasury notes. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 2/3 ‘Treasury Notes’ are recognised by the student of our political history as the earliest form of Parliamentary ‘Whips’. 1903 Porritt Unref. Ho. Comm. I. xxv. 509 The circulars issued by the administration to its supporters became known as treasury notes in the reign of George III. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay iii. 50 It was with reluctance that Gumbril parted from his Treasury notes. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 103/2 Treasury note, government security, usually marketable, with maturity ranging from one to five years. < as lemmas |
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