Phrase guide

bill of exchange

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A document demanding payment from another party, especially used in international trade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: draft, negotiable instrument, instrument

2

noun

Meaning 2

a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: draft, order of payment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: negotiable instrument

Narrower terms: overdraft, foreign bill, foreign draft, inland bill, redraft, trade acceptance, bank draft, banker's draft, dividend warrant, money order, postal order, acceptance, banker's acceptance, check, bank check, cheque, sight draft, sight bill, time draft, time bill

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: менителница (menitelnica) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Bulgarian: трата (trata) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Bulgarian: ремиса (remisa) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Bulgarian: запис на заповед (zapis na zapoved) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 匯票 /汇票 (huìpiào) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Czech: cizí směnka — document demanding payment from another party
  • Danish: veksel — document demanding payment from another party
  • Dutch: wisselbrief — document demanding payment from another party
  • Finnish: vekseli — document demanding payment from another party
  • French: lettre de change — document demanding payment from another party
  • Georgian: თამასუქი (tamasuki) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Georgian: ვექსილი (veksili) — document demanding payment from another party
  • German: Wechsel — document demanding payment from another party
  • Greek: συναλλαγματική (synallagmatikí) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Hungarian: váltó — document demanding payment from another party
  • Indonesian: wesel — document demanding payment from another party
  • Irish: bille malairte — document demanding payment from another party
  • Italian: cambiale tratta — document demanding payment from another party
  • Malay: bil pertukaran — document demanding payment from another party
  • Polish: weksel trasowany — document demanding payment from another party
  • Portuguese: letra de câmbio — document demanding payment from another party
  • Romanian: cambie — document demanding payment from another party
  • Russian: тра́тта (trátta) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Russian: переводно́й ве́ксель (perevodnój vékselʹ) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Russian: ве́ксель (vékselʹ) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Spanish: letra de cambio — document demanding payment from another party
  • Swedish: växel — document demanding payment from another party
  • Tagalog: libransa — document demanding payment from another party
  • Ukrainian: ве́ксель (vékselʹ) — document demanding payment from another party
  • Welsh: bil cyfnewid — document demanding payment from another party
  • Welsh: nodyn cyfnewid — document demanding payment from another party