| 单词 | wind-bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind-bill wind-bill n. Scottish (cf. sense 15), an accommodation-bill. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > accommodation bill kite1805 wind-bill1813 1813 J. Headrick Gen. View Agric. Angus 589 If they [sc. bank notes] be not convertible into specie at the option of the holder, there is a strong temptation to issue them on what are called wind bills, where there is no corresponding value of commodities in existence. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 83 He would have got a bank-credit, manœuvred with wind-bills. < as lemmas |
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