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escambio

escambio noun: a licence formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another person overseas.

Noun

escambio (plural escambios)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A licence formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another person overseas.

Forms of escambio

pluralescambios

Origin of escambio

From Latin escambium, excambium. See excamb.

Questions about escambio

What does escambio mean?
Escambio means a licence formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another person overseas.
What part of speech is escambio?
Escambio is a noun.
What is the plural of escambio?
The plural of escambio is escambios.

Words near escambio in the dictionary

  1. escalopes
  2. escaloping
  3. escalops
  4. Escambia
  5. Escambia County
  6. escambio
  7. escambios
  8. Escamilla
  9. Escamillas
  10. escamotage
  11. escamoterie

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