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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... worth about 4d . sterling . ( b ) The silver 20 copeck piece circulating in Russia . It weighs 4-079 grammes , but is only 500 fine : worth 45 French centimes , or 44d . sterling . Abatement . From the Latin , batuo , to beat , to ...
... worth about 4d . sterling . ( b ) The silver 20 copeck piece circulating in Russia . It weighs 4-079 grammes , but is only 500 fine : worth 45 French centimes , or 44d . sterling . Abatement . From the Latin , batuo , to beat , to ...
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... worth 13 times as much as an equal weight of silver ; in modern days down to within the last ten years , it was worth about 15 times as much : but since the demonetization of silver by Germany , and partly also in consequence of the ...
... worth 13 times as much as an equal weight of silver ; in modern days down to within the last ten years , it was worth about 15 times as much : but since the demonetization of silver by Germany , and partly also in consequence of the ...
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... worth while to describe one which is very useful in commercial practice , when a selection of two , or three , out of many , perhaps high , numbers have to be drawn . For this pur- pose as many boxes are provided as there are digits in ...
... worth while to describe one which is very useful in commercial practice , when a selection of two , or three , out of many , perhaps high , numbers have to be drawn . For this pur- pose as many boxes are provided as there are digits in ...
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... worth about 44d . in English . Bank . From the German Banck , a mound or heap . It is a literal translation of the Italian , monte , a small hill , from the Latin , mons . The term monte originated in Venice in the twelfth century ...
... worth about 44d . in English . Bank . From the German Banck , a mound or heap . It is a literal translation of the Italian , monte , a small hill , from the Latin , mons . The term monte originated in Venice in the twelfth century ...
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... worth about 2s . , English . Bezzo . A Venetian copper coin , value ad . Bilateral or Synallagmatic Contract . ( See Contract . ) Bill . ( 1 ) From the Latin , bulla , which originally meant a bubble , but was after- wards applied to ...
... worth about 2s . , English . Bezzo . A Venetian copper coin , value ad . Bilateral or Synallagmatic Contract . ( See Contract . ) Bill . ( 1 ) From the Latin , bulla , which originally meant a bubble , but was after- wards applied to ...
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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...