"letter of credit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: letters of credit [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|letters of credit}} letter of credit (plural letters of credit)
  1. (finance, banking) A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts up to a certain limit to be acquired by the beneficiary against delivery of documents specified in the letter. Wikipedia link: letter of credit Categories (topical): Banking, Finance Synonyms (trade finance document): documentary credit, LC, L/C Derived forms: time letter of credit Translations (trade finance document): акредитив (akreditiv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 信用證 (Chinese Mandarin), 信用证 (xìnyòngzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 信用狀 (Chinese Mandarin), 信用状 (xìnyòngzhuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), akreditivo (Esperanto), remburssi (Finnish), lettre de crédit [feminine] (French), accréditif (French), Akkreditiv [neuter] (German), τραπεζική πίστωση (trapezikí pístosi) [feminine] (Greek), hitellevél (Hungarian), 신용장 (sinyongjang) (Korean), akredytywa [feminine] (Polish), carta de crédito (Portuguese), scrisoare de credit [feminine] (Romanian), аккредити́в (akkreditív) [masculine] (Russian), akreditif (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-letter_of_credit-en-noun-D7iMYbpC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: banking, business, finance

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