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Bankers’ acceptance

Bankers’ acceptance refers to an unconditional promise of a bank to make payment on a draft when it matures. The acceptance is in the form of the bank’s endorsement (“acceptance”) of a draft drawn against that bank in accordance with the terms of a letter of credit (L/C) issued by the bank.


Bankers’ acceptance is a bank’s written promise to pay the holder of the acceptance a designated amount of money on a specific future date.

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