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NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT
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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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