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Bus/Financial - Accounting | | Japanese term or phrase: 手形サイト | | I know what it means, but i'm not quite sure what i can translate it to. On 英辞朗, its sight of bill; I'm not quite sure if it'll make much sense. Is there an English equivalent to it? I'm rather stuck because I need this term for a code(title) in a database, which means i can't explain it. |
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| | Sight Bill/Sight Draft | Explanation:
All my usual online dictionaries also came up with "sight of bill." In English I think this is usually expressed as "sight bill" or "sight draft." See link 1. You can find lots of definitions of these terms in the free online dictionaries. But I also agree with Yasu that the term has a different meaning in Japanese. See link 2. Hope this helps some. |
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59 mins confidence:   interest period of bill
Explanation:
According to the Webster dictionary, "sight" is "presentation of a note or draft to the maker or draftee ." However, this Japanized English usage seems to be different from its original English meaning.
Google explains the 「手形サイト」as 「振出日から支払期日までの期間のことを、手形サイトと言います。手形を受け取った方としては、手形サイトが長いほどひっかかりのリスクがありますし、逆を言えば手形を振り出した方としては、手形サイトが長いほど資金繰りが楽になります。」
So, mine is a compromise. Perhaps someone else can suggest a better translation.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-27 02:14:29 GMT)
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I realized that interest is not always involved. Thus, a better expression is "period of bill" or "period of term draft"
Also see: http://www.export911.com/e911/export/bill.htm
Reference: http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~stbank/page056.html
Reference: http://ginkou.moo.jp/tegatasite.html
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