bill of exchange

noun

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

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draftorder of payment
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Meanings

nounbill of exchange (plural bills of exchange)

plural bills of exchange

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
draftorder of payment
Broader
negotiable instrument
Also see
draft

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian менителница, трата
  • менителница (menitelnica)document demanding payment from another party
  • трата (trata)document demanding payment from another party
  • ремиса (remisa)document demanding payment from another party
  • запис на заповед (zapis na zapoved)document demanding payment from another party
Chinese Mandarin 匯票 /汇票
  • 匯票 /汇票 (huìpiào)document demanding payment from another party
Czech cizí směnka
  • cizí směnkadocument demanding payment from another party
Danish veksel
  • vekseldocument demanding payment from another party
Dutch wisselbrief
  • wisselbriefdocument demanding payment from another party
Finnish vekseli
  • vekselidocument demanding payment from another party
French lettre de change
  • lettre de changedocument demanding payment from another party
German Wechsel
  • Wechseldocument demanding payment from another party
Greek συναλλαγματική
  • συναλλαγματική (synallagmatikí)document demanding payment from another party
Hungarian váltó
  • váltódocument demanding payment from another party
Indonesian wesel
  • weseldocument demanding payment from another party
Irish bille malairte
  • bille malairtedocument demanding payment from another party
Italian cambiale tratta
  • cambiale trattadocument demanding payment from another party
Malay bil pertukaran
  • bil pertukarandocument demanding payment from another party
Polish weksel trasowany
  • weksel trasowanydocument demanding payment from another party
Portuguese letra de câmbio
  • letra de câmbiodocument demanding payment from another party
Romanian cambie
  • cambiedocument demanding payment from another party
Russian тра́тта, переводно́й ве́ксель
  • тра́тта (trátta)document demanding payment from another party
  • переводно́й ве́ксель (perevodnój vékselʹ)document demanding payment from another party
  • ве́ксель (vékselʹ)document demanding payment from another party
Spanish letra de cambio
  • letra de cambiodocument demanding payment from another party
Swedish växel
  • växeldocument demanding payment from another party
Tagalog libransa
  • libransadocument demanding payment from another party
Turkish poliçe
  • poliçedocument demanding payment from another party
Ukrainian ве́ксель
  • ве́ксель (vékselʹ)document demanding payment from another party
Welsh bil cyfnewid, nodyn cyfnewid
  • bil cyfnewiddocument demanding payment from another party
  • nodyn cyfnewiddocument demanding payment from another party
Cite this entry
APA

bill of exchange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bill%20of%20exchange

MLA

“bill of exchange.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bill%20of%20exchange. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bill of exchange,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bill%20of%20exchange.

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