FINANCE(alsobanker's acceptance)adocumentsignedby abankagreeingtopaytheamountthat isnamedon it:Bankbillsaretradedin themoneymarketsin the same way astradebills, except that therateofdiscountissmaller.especiallyUS→banknote(Definition ofbank billfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbank bill
bank billThe real value of abankbillwas often lower than its face value, and the issuing bank's financial strength generally determined the size of the discount.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was he who left thebankbillthere.FromProject GutenbergI have abankbillfor a hundred pounds, the savings of former voyages.FromProject GutenbergThe person who waited on the king with the news, received a present of a five hundred poundbankbill.FromProject GutenbergHe had never seen abankbillfor a larger sum than twenty dollars before, but five hundred was printed on this.FromProject GutenbergHis process consisted of wrapping small bits of laundry soap in paper, and including--or appearing to include--with several of the pieces abankbillof varying value.FromProject GutenbergThe business is liquidated, and the creditors get 46% of their debts, in exchange for their bank bills.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.What did the deconstruction of "bank bills" have to do with the strict liability of common carriers for damage to property entrusted to them?From theCambridge English CorpusBut admitting that it is fully established that the appellants were common carriers of bank bills for hire, they became, on receiving them, insurers against everything but inevitable accident.From theCambridge English CorpusIn this way, the diplomas of salvation were current in inns and in markets like bank bills or paper money.FromProject GutenbergThese 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.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/bank-bill##
