commercial paper

noun

A negotiable instrument with short maturity.

“Only well-known retailers have a chance to bypass the banks and issue their own commercial paper.”

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Meanings

nouncommercial paper (countable and uncountable, plural commercial papers)

plural commercial papers

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA negotiable instrument with short maturity.

    Only well-known retailers have a chance to bypass the banks and issue their own commercial paper.

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commercial paper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20paper

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“commercial paper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20paper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commercial paper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20paper.

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