| 词汇 | bill-broker |
| 释义 | bill broker noun[ C ] ukus(alsodiscount broker) FINANCE a person or organization that buys bills of exchange for a lower amount of money than they are worth and makes a profit by selling them for more or keeping them until they are paid Examples of bill brokerbill broker Bankers looked anxiously to the accounts of their customers; bill brokers scrutinised their securities; and every man was suspicious of his neighbour. From Project Gutenberg But if a great number of persons do this very suddenly, the bill brokers will not at once be able to pay without borrowing. From Project Gutenberg There are two descriptions of "bill brokers," but the class bearing that designation purely deal with domestic bills only. From Project Gutenberg There is even a simpler case: the banker who is uncertain of his credit, and wants to increase his cash, may have money on deposit at the bill brokers. From Project Gutenberg Bill brokers would only allow one and a half per cent. From Project Gutenberg First, they have probably discounted bills to a large amount for the bill brokers, and if these bills are paid, they decline discounting any others to replace them. From Project Gutenberg Bill brokers would only allow one-and-a-half per cent. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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