Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DOCUMENTARY CREDIT
  
  Written undertaking by a bank on behalf of an importer authorizing an exporter to draw funds from a bank up to a specified amount under specific terms and conditions. They are used to facilitate international trade. In the United States these instruments are called commercial letters of credit.
  
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