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Definition: ESCAMBIO

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Escambio" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Escambio \Es*cam"bi*o\, noun. [from Late Latin expression escambium, excambium. See Excamb.]. (references)

Definition: ESCAMBIO

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ESCAMBIO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Escambio \Es*cam"bi*o\, noun. [from Late Latin expression escambium, excambium. See Excamb.]. (references)