Definition of Bill of entry

1. Noun. A list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import.

Generic synonyms: Bill

Definition of Bill of entry

1. Noun. An account of goods entered at a customs house, of imports and exports, detailing the merchant, quantity of goods, their type, and place of origin or destination. It is issued by the customs presenting the total assigned value and the corresponding duty charged on the cargo. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bill Of Entry

bilk
bilked
bilker
bilkers
bilking
bilks
bill
bill-hook
bill-hooks
bill-me order
bill hook
bill of Particulars
bill of attainder
bill of costs
bill of credit
bill of entry (current term)
bill of exchange
bill of fare
bill of goods
bill of health
bill of indictment
bill of laden
bill of lading
bill of material
bill of materials
bill of particulars
bill of quantities
bill of review
bill of rights
bill of sale

Literary usage of Bill of entry

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

1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"There is at present a daily publication, called the ' Bill of Entry,' which is prepared and issued at the Custom House for the purpose of affording ..."

2. The Law Reports. Privy Council Appeals: Cases Heard and Determined by the by Herbert Cowell, Edmund F. Moore, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1874)
"bill of entry.] The Customs Regulation* Act of 18-45, of the colony of JWw ... The agents of A. & Co. filed and delivered a bill of entry of the cases, ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"There are 6 daily and 7 weekly newspapers, besides the Daily Telegraph and Bill of Entry, exclusively devoted to shipping matters, and three weekly literary ..."

4. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Edmund Story-Maskelyne (1872)
"Secondly, that inasmuch as there may bo several entries on one bill of entry, the cases containing glassware were not forfeited. ..."

5. Trade, Population and Food: A Series of Papers on Economic Statistics by Stephen Bourne (1880)
"Bill of Entry. Notwithstanding the length to which this paper has extended, the subject would bo left incomplete were no mention made of another branch of ..."

6. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"There is at present a daily publication, called the ' Bill of Entry,' which is prepared and issued at the Custom House for the purpose of affording ..."

7. The Law Reports. Privy Council Appeals: Cases Heard and Determined by the by Herbert Cowell, Edmund F. Moore, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1874)
"bill of entry.] The Customs Regulation* Act of 18-45, of the colony of JWw ... The agents of A. & Co. filed and delivered a bill of entry of the cases, ..."

8. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"There are 6 daily and 7 weekly newspapers, besides the Daily Telegraph and Bill of Entry, exclusively devoted to shipping matters, and three weekly literary ..."

9. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Edmund Story-Maskelyne (1872)
"Secondly, that inasmuch as there may bo several entries on one bill of entry, the cases containing glassware were not forfeited. ..."

10. Trade, Population and Food: A Series of Papers on Economic Statistics by Stephen Bourne (1880)
"Bill of Entry. Notwithstanding the length to which this paper has extended, the subject would bo left incomplete were no mention made of another branch of ..."

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