A Counting-house Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the Technical Terms Used by Merchants and Bankers, with a Description of the Coins on which the Exchanges of the World are Based1903 |
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... derived from ἱερος oι ίαρος , sacred , and σκοπος , a seer , one who has an insight into divine things . We have only to recollect how natural it is in the infancy of human thought to seek for guidance in doubtful matters from persons ...
... derived from ἱερος oι ίαρος , sacred , and σκοπος , a seer , one who has an insight into divine things . We have only to recollect how natural it is in the infancy of human thought to seek for guidance in doubtful matters from persons ...
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... derived from the Italian . ( See Cambist , Arbi- tration , & c . ) Articles of Association . A body of laws and rules drawn up for the government of Joint Stock Companies . The general principles on which Articles of Association are ...
... derived from the Italian . ( See Cambist , Arbi- tration , & c . ) Articles of Association . A body of laws and rules drawn up for the government of Joint Stock Companies . The general principles on which Articles of Association are ...
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... derived from French , assez , enough , and this again from the Latin , ad , to ; satis , enough . There is , however , good reason for re- garding these forms as nothing more than the proximate origin of the word , inasmuch as we find ...
... derived from French , assez , enough , and this again from the Latin , ad , to ; satis , enough . There is , however , good reason for re- garding these forms as nothing more than the proximate origin of the word , inasmuch as we find ...
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... derived from the ( French , avoir ; Latin , habere ) to have , and denoting possession , having , or holding ; we find avers , Latin averia for draught , cattle ; and averagium is used to signify the work done for a lord by the averia ...
... derived from the ( French , avoir ; Latin , habere ) to have , and denoting possession , having , or holding ; we find avers , Latin averia for draught , cattle ; and averagium is used to signify the work done for a lord by the averia ...
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... derived from banco , the bench or table on which money - changers counted out their coins . Nor was this unreasonable , for the money - changer had from time immemorial been known by a name or names , all of which were derived from a ...
... derived from banco , the bench or table on which money - changers counted out their coins . Nor was this unreasonable , for the money - changer had from time immemorial been known by a name or names , all of which were derived from a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
amount Annuities applied bank notes Bank of England banker Bill of Exchange billon Bonds broker bullion called capital cent centimes Certificate cheque circulation claim coinage Cologne Mark commercial commodities contract copper coin coupons creditor currency debt demand deposited derived discount dividend document dollar Economics endorsement English equal Exchequer florin francs French German given gold and silver gold coin Government grains grammes Hence holder interest issued Italian labour Latin legal tender liability loan London means ment merchants milreis Monetary Convention negotiable instruments origin paid parties payable payment penny person peso phrase piastres piece pound pound sterling profit Promissory Note rendered rupee seigniorage shares shillings signifies silver coin sovereign Spanish standard sterling Stock Exchange term things token coins Tower Pound trade description trade mark Troy unit of value weight word worth
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Página 181 - Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear and do take upon us in this voyage: they are of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints...
Página 210 - Where a banker in good faith and without negligence receives payment for a customer of a cheque crossed generally or specially to himself, and the customer has no title, or a defective title, thereto, the banker shall not incur any liability to the true owner of the cheque by reason only of having received such payment.
Página 181 - Part thereof; and in case of any Loss or Misfortune, it shall be lawful to the Assured, their Factors, Servants, and Assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the Defence, Safeguard and Recovery of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, Ac., or any Part thereof, without Prejudice to this Insurance; to the Charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute, each one according to the Rate and Quantity of his sum herein assured.
Página 180 - Ship, or the Master thereof, is or shall be named or called, beginning the Adventure upon the said Goods and Merchandises from the loading thereof aboard the said Ship upon the said Ship, &c and shall so continue and endure...
Página 326 - ... any investigation, legal proceeding or 'remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy...
Página 210 - Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words " not negotiable," he shall not have and shall not be capable of giving a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he took it had.
Página 205 - ... unless by deed indented, executed in the presence of two witnesses, twelve calendar months before the death of the donor, and enrolled in the Court of Chancery within six months after its execution...
Página 322 - That on demand made by or on behalf of the prosecutor, he gave all the information in his power with respect to the persons from whom he obtained such goods or things ; or (c) That otherwise he had acted innocently ; be guilty of an offence against this Act.
Página 172 - Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
Página 111 - ... for or in the name or on the account of his master, and shall fraudulently embezzle the same, or any part thereof, every such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same...