promissory
/prom-uh-sawr-ee, -sohr-ee/US // ˈprɒm əˌsɔr i, -ˌsoʊr i //UK // (ˈprɒmɪsərɪ) //
承兑,承付,承诺,许诺
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : containing or implying a promise.
- : of the nature of a promise.
- : Insurance. of or noting agreements or representations stipulating what is required to take place after the issuance of a policy.
Examples
When the oath usually represented as promissory is sworn, a covenant with God is thereby made.
Evidence has been given, that the latter kind of oaths, viewed as promissory, brings under an engagement to God.
An unpaid promissory note is an executory contract, when paid it becomes an executed one.
The banks do not pry into his moral character: they are satisfied that he meets his overdrafts and promissory notes punctually.
Six of those last-named little promissory notes, all due on the same day, Ben, and all intrusted to me!'
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