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FINANCEapersonororganizationthatbuysbillsofexchangefor aloweramountofmoneythan they areworthand makes aprofitbysellingthem for more orkeepingthem until they arepaid Examplesofbill brokerbill broker Bankers looked anxiously to the accounts of their customers; bill brokers scrutinised their securities; and every man was suspicious of his neighbour.FromProject 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.FromProject Gutenberg There are two descriptions of "bill brokers," but the class bearing that designation purely deal with domestic bills only.FromProject 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.FromProject Gutenberg Bill brokers would only allow one and a half per cent.FromProject 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.FromProject Gutenberg Bill brokers would only allow one-and-a-half per cent.FromProject 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. |