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(Encyclopedia) Porto Rico: see Puerto Rico.Brewer's: Blank Cheque
A cheque duly signed, but without specifying any sum of money; the amount to be filled in by the payee. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blank PracticeBlank…Brewer's: Blank Practice
Shooting for practice with blank cartridges. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blank VerseBlank Cheque A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Blank Cartridge
Cartridge with powder only, that is, without shot, bullet, or ball. Used in drill and in saluting. Figuratively, empty threats. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Clearing House
A building in Lombard Street, set apart, since 1775, for interchanging bankers' cheques and bills. Each bank sends to it daily all the bills and cheques not drawn on its own firm; these…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part III, Section 4, Chapter VI
Chapter VI Personal Proper and Financial Resources Article 97 Internees shall be permitted to retain articles of personal use. Monies, cheques, bonds, etc., and valuables in…William Shakespeare: King Lear, Act I, Scene III
Scene IIIThe Duke of Albany's palaceEnter Goneril, and Oswald, her stewardGonerilDid my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool?OswaldYes, madam.GonerilBy day and night he wrongs…Brewer's: Aldgate Pump
A draught on Aldgate Pump. A cheque with no effects. A worthless bill. The pun is on the word draught, which means either an order on a bank for money or a sup of liquor. Source:…Brewer's: Indulgence
(3 syl.), in the Roman Catholic Church, is the entire or partial remission of punishment due to sin either in this world or in purgatory. It is supposed that the Church is the bank of the…Brewer's: Carte Blanche
(French). A blank cheque signed by the giver, but left to be filled in by the receiver, with a sum of money drawn on the bank-account of the giver. Power to act at discretion in an affair…Trending
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