noun
a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
• Syn: ↑draft, ↑order of payment
• Hypernyms: ↑negotiable instrument
• Hyponyms:
↑overdraft, ↑foreign bill, ↑foreign draft, ↑inland bill, ↑redraft, ↑trade acceptance, ↑bank draft, ↑banker's draft, ↑dividend warrant, ↑money order, ↑postal order, ↑acceptance, ↑banker's acceptance, ↑check, ↑bank check, ↑cheque, ↑sight draft, ↑sight bill, ↑time draft, ↑time bill
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noun, pl bills of exchange [count]
business : a document that tells a person or business to pay a particular amount of money to another person or business
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a written order to pay a sum of money to a particular person on a particular date
Useful english dictionary. 2012.