bill-broker

“Shall it not be possible to get holt of de bills?” said the incorrigible bill-broker.

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Etienne asked Gabusson to give them the name of a bill-broker.

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“Can you tell us of a bill-broker that will look at us?”

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Lucien started, as if the bill-broker had thrust a red-hot skewer through his heart.

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Simeon, the bald bill-broker of Bagdad, each putting in a claim for their cousin.

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But the practice arose of the broker guaranteeing the London banker or financier; and finally the brokers ceased to deposit with the London bankers the bills they received, and at the present day a bill-broker, as a rule, buys bills on his own account at a discount, borrows money on his own account and upon his own security at interest, and makes his profit out of the difference between the discount and the interest.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

A _bill-broker_ was originally an agent who, for a commission, procured for country bankers the discounting of their bills in London.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

When acting thus the bill-broker is not a broker at all, as he deals as principal and does not act as agent.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

The father was a London bill-broker, cool-headed, calculating, practical.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

The father was a London bill-broker, cool-headed, calculating, practical.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885