commercial paper

Noun
Synonyms: commercial paper

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an unsecured and unregistered short-term obligation issued by an institutional borrower to investors who have temporarily idle cashSynonyms: commercial paper
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Commercial \Com*mer"cial\, a. [Cf. F. commercial.] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business.

Commercial law. See under Law.

Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.

Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc.

Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.

Syn: See Mercantile. [1913 Webster]

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