- bought and sold
- obsoletebankruptThe derivation is from the disposal of the debtor's possessions:For Dickon thy master is bought and sold. (Shakespeare, Richard III)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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bought and sold notes — A note of the sale by a broker employed to buy and sell goods is called a sold note, and a like note to the seller is called a bought note … Black's law dictionary
bought and sold notes — A note of the sale by a broker employed to buy and sell goods is called a sold note, and a like note to the seller is called a bought note … Black's law dictionary
bought and sold notes — Two memoranda of a transaction by a broker, one going to the purchaser and the other to the seller, the former being the bought note and the latter the sold note … Ballentine's law dictionary
bought-and-sold note — noun : sale note … Useful english dictionary
sold notes — See bought and sold notes … Ballentine's law dictionary
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