1592954334000 1312632483000 term-100963 1616541253957 1312632602000 1616290477363 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-100963 6f712163-ff00-3509-89e4-0e85217c62ae 2 1 scope note Historically a form of paper currency used in Europe from the late Medieval to the early Modern period often as credit among merchants. 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)." reference term-100897 adlib-term-100897 d19f26fc-1786-3ddd-ab79-cd1245d5f7eb bill of exchange V.VK.ARI.ARI.AFU 1 code V.VK.ARI.ARI.AFU 1 bills of exchange reference term-101443 adlib-term-101443 c3f71e8d-3b29-3488-ad86-35692b18c70e <orders to pay> reference term-100895 adlib-term-100895 1f611167-1964-3aa9-993f-024229eb580d commercial paper reference term-100975 adlib-term-100975 d5f04512-2e25-3a20-8b98-a6f0dfc6e642 drafts (negotiable instruments) bills of exchange term