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bills of exchange

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bills of exchange
definition
This concept referes historically to a form of paper currency used in Europe from the late medieval to the early modern period often as credit among merchants. It now refers to written orders to pay a specific sum of money on demand or at a specified future time; used with reference to foreign transactions; for similar orders to pay usually restricted to domestic transactions, use "drafts (negotiable instruments)."
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Media of Exchange
has broader
orders to pay
has exact match
bills of exchange

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Items with "has narrower: bills of exchange"
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orders to pay Concept
Items with "has reference to object: bills of exchange"
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Diversorum cancellarie 1473–1507, nr. 25, fol. 16v Document