bill of sale

bill of sale
a document under seal, which formally transfers ownership of property specified in the document from the borrower to the lender, until such time as the debt has been paid in full. Glossary of Business Terms

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bill of sale ˌbill of ˈsale written abbreviation B/​S, b/​s noun bills of sale PLURALFORM [countable]
1. LAW COMMERCE an official document giving details of something that someone has bought:

• British ships can only be transferred by means of a bill of sale registered in the shipping register.

2. FINANCE PROPERTY in former times, a document used by money lenders to claim property if a loan was not repaid:

• He held a bill of sale over her furniture and put a man into her house to remove it.

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bill of sale UK US noun [C] (plural bills of sale) (ABBREVIATION BS, ABBREVIATION B/S)
COMMERCE, LAW a document showing that something has been sold by one person and is now owned by another person: »

Anyone who falsifies the status of cattle on a bill of sale may be fined $5,000 for each animal.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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