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2. Hundi - Wikipedia

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   Hundi. A hundi for Rs 2500 of 1951, stamped in the Bombay Province with a pre-printed revenue stamp. A hundi or hundee is a financial instrument that was developed in Medieval India for use in trade and credit transactions. Hundis are used as a form of remittance instrument to transfer money from place to place, as a form of credit instrument ...

3. Hague–Visby Rules - Wikipedia

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   The Hague–Visby Rules is a set of international rules for the international carriage of goods by sea. They are a slightly updated version of the original Hague Rules which were drafted in Brussels in 1924. The premise of the Hague–Visby Rules (and of the earlier English common law from which the Rules are drawn) was that a carrier typically ...

4. Himalaya clause - Wikipedia

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   Himalaya clause. A Himalaya clause is a contractual provision expressed to be for the benefit of a third party who is not a party to the contract. Although theoretically applicable to any form of contract, most of the jurisprudence relating to Himalaya clauses relate to maritime matters, and exclusion clauses in bills of lading for the benefit ...

5. Invoice - Wikipedia

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   The main body of the invoice provides an itemized list of goods or services rendered, specifying descriptions, unit prices, quantities, and total prices for each line item. Additional financial elements like taxes, shipping charges, and discounts are separately enumerated and added to the subtotal to calculate the grand total amount due. The ...

6. Negotiable instrument - Wikipedia

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   A 1939 promissory note, Rangoon, Burma. A negotiable instrument is a document guaranteeing the payment of a specific amount of money, either on demand, or at a set time, whose payer is usually named on the document. More specifically, it is a document contemplated by or consisting of a contract, which promises the payment of money without ...

7. Teeming and lading - Wikipedia

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   Teeming and lading is a bookkeeping fraud also known as short banking, delayed accounting, and lapping. It involves the allocation of one customer 's payment to another customer's account to make the books balance, often to hide a shortfall or theft . Teeming & lading is a method by which a person who takes or handles payments uses the money ...

8. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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   Freight rate. A freight rate (historically and in ship chartering simply freight [1]) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport ( truck, ship, train, aircraft ), the weight of the cargo, and the distance to the delivery destination.

9. Currency strap - Wikipedia

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   Currency strap. A stack of 100 United States $2 bills, secured with a green banknote strap indicating the denomination and total amount in the stack. Two stacks of 100 20 euro notes and one stack of 100 50 euro notes delivered to a bureau de change by G4S. A currency card, cash strap, currency band, money band, banknote strap or bill strap is a ...