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escambio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
es-cam-bio
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

British usage; Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin escambium, excambium. See excamb.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

escambios (plural)

Questions

What does escambio mean?
A licence formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another person overseas.
Where does escambio come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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