NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unconditional order or promise to pay an amount of money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("negotiable instrument" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "negotiable instrument"):

bill of exchange; draft; order of payment (a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another)

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