windbill
windbill noun: a signed agreement to act as guarantor for another's debt.
Noun
windbill (plural windbills)
- A signed agreement to act as guarantor for another's debt.
- He would have got a bank-credit, manoeuvred with windbills, dashed out upon a large scale, and soon have seen his crop and stock sequestered by the Sheriff'; but in those days a man could not ruin himself so easily.1822, Sir Walter Scott, The Pirate
- How frequently do we find persons establishing an extensive business on credit when they have no funds of their own; using windbills and sometimes forgeries; furnishing elegant houses with money which is not their own; living in luxury and splendour; dashing along in gigs and landaus; ...1854, Thomas Dick, LL.D., An Essay on the Sin and Evils of Covetousness
Forms of windbill
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Questions about windbill
- What does windbill mean?
- Windbill means a signed agreement to act as guarantor for another's debt.
- What part of speech is windbill?
- Windbill is a noun.
- What is the plural of windbill?
- The plural of windbill is windbills.
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