Definition of Sight bill

1. Noun. A draft payable on presentation.

Exact synonyms: Sight Draft
Generic synonyms: Bill Of Exchange, Draft, Order Of Payment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sight Bill

sighed
sigher
sighers
sighful
sighing
sighingly
sighless
sighlike
sighs
sighs of relief
sight
sight-read
sight-reader
sight-readers
sight-sing
sight bill (current term)
sight blindness
sight draft
sight for sore eyes
sight gag
sight in
sight radius
sight read
sight reading
sight reads
sight translation
sight triangle
sight unseen
sight word

Literary usage of Sight bill

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foreign Exchange by Albert Conser Whitaker (1919)
"If a long bill is remitted it does not (under conditions when it can be and is discounted in London) yield a later return of dollars than a sight bill, ..."

2. The Law of Negotiable Instruments: Statutes, Cases and Authorities by Ernest Wilson Huffcut (1898)
"Agry, 4 Mason, (USCC) 336; sc, 5 Mason, uS, in which a " sixty days after sight" bill drawn June 18 at Havana, Cuba, on W. in London, and there presented ..."

3. A Digest of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Cheques, and by Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers (1896)
"The holder may recoup himself by drawing a sight bill for such sum on either the drawer or one ... The holder may either draw a sight bill on A. for 106/. ..."

4. Foreign Exchange Before, During, and After the War by Theodor Emanuel Gregory (1922)
"In fact, of course, it takes some time before the money due on a sight bill is paid ; the minimum period before payment is the length of time it takes to ..."

5. Foreign Exchange Before, During, and After the War by Theodor Emanuel Gregory (1922)
"In fact, of course, it takes some time before the money due on a sight bill is paid ; the minimum period before payment is the length of time it takes to ..."

6. A Digest of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes and Cheques by Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers (1881)
"The re-exchange is ascertained by proof of the sum for which a sight bill (drawn at the time and place of dishonour at the then rate of exchange on the ..."

7. Money and Investments; a Reference Book for the Use of Those Desiring by Montgomery Rollins (1907)
"sight bill. This is the same as a " demand bill " (to which refer) except in States or countries where " grace " is allowed on a " sight bill," for in such ..."

8. Foreign Exchange: Theory and Practice by Thomas York (1920)
"A bank may thus sell its yo-day date bill against its purchase of a 6o-day sight bill, and have the date bill itself, or the demand bill which it gives in ..."

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