"bill of exchange" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bills of exchange [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|bills of exchange}} bill of exchange (plural bills of exchange)
  1. (banking) A document demanding payment from another party, especially used in international trade. Categories (topical): Banking Synonyms: draft Hypernyms: negotiable instrument Related terms: promissory note Translations (document demanding payment from another party): менителница (menitelnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 匯票 (Chinese Mandarin), 汇票 (huìpiào) (Chinese Mandarin), cizí směnka [feminine] (Czech), veksel [common-gender] (Danish), wisselbrief [masculine] (Dutch), vekseli (Finnish), lettre de change [feminine] (French), თამასუქი (tamasuki) (Georgian), ვექსილი (veksili) (Georgian), Wechsel [masculine] (German), συναλλαγματική (synallagmatikí) [feminine] (Greek), wesel (Indonesian), bille malairte [masculine] (Irish), cambiale tratta [feminine] (Italian), bil pertukaran (Malay), weksel trasowany [masculine] (Polish), letra de câmbio [feminine] (Portuguese), cambie [feminine] (Romanian), тра́тта (trátta) [feminine] (Russian), переводно́й ве́ксель (perevodnój vékselʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ве́ксель (vékselʹ) [masculine] (Russian), letra de cambio [feminine] (Spanish), växel [common-gender] (Swedish), libransa (Tagalog), ве́ксель (vékselʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bil cyfnewid [masculine] (Welsh), nodyn cyfnewid [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
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    },
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      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cambiale tratta"
    },
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
      "word": "bil pertukaran"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "letra de câmbio"
    },
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      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "trátta",
      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "переводно́й ве́ксель"
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      "roman": "vékselʹ",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ве́ксель"
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      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
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      "sense": "document demanding payment from another party",
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      "word": "libransa"
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