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What are the types of commercial papers?

Today commercial papers can be grouped into two broad categories.

The first is composed of unconditional orders to pay money: the draft and the

cheque. ( A cheque is a special kind of draft.)

The second category is composed of unconditional promises to pay money. This category includes the promissory note and the certificate of deposit (COD).

The word unconditional means that the legal effectiveness of the order or promise is not dependent upon any other event. It is not a commercial paper.

2. Read, translate and analyze text 1; study the vocabulary to ensure you know it .

Text 1. DRAFTS

A draft is an unconditional written order by which one party directs a second party to pay to the order of a third party or to the bearer a certain sum of money on demand or at a definite time A draft is also known as a bill of exchange (B/O).

$ 510. 00 Nashville, Tennessee January 20, 2004

Thirty days after date______________________________________________

Pay to Order of : Morrison G. Chase_________________________________

Five hundred and ten dollars________________________________________

Value received; Charge to Account of

To Margaret H. Sandford___________________________________________

# 15 Knoxville, Tennessee__________} Garry A. Minton__________________

The usual purpose of a draft is to collect money owed. A draft initially involves three parties — the drawer, the drawee, and the payee. The drawer (Garry A. Minton) is the person who executes or draws the draft and orders that payment be made. The drawee (Margaret H. Sandford) is the person directed to pay the draft. The payee (Morrison G. Chase) is the party to whom this commercial paper is made payable.

(Sanford most probably owes Minton $510 as a result of a previous transaction. Therefore Sanford is likely to honor the draft by paying Chase and in that way to pay her debt to Minton.)

Drafts are sometimes described in terms of the time of payment. If the draft is payable at sight or on demand — that is, when it is presented to the drawee by the one holding the draft — it is a sight draft. The drawee is expected to pay when the draft is presented. If a draft is payable at a specified time, or if it is payable at the end of a specified period after sight or after the date of the draft, it is a time draft, as is illustrated in the example.

When a time draft is payable a number of days or months after sight, it must be presented to the drawee for acceptance in order to start the running of the specified time. Acceptance is the drawee's promise to pay the draft when due. When the draft states it is payable a number of days or months “after date”, the time starts running immediately from the date of the draft.

Vocabulary

draft платіжне доручення, тратта (синонім перекладного векселя; цей термін вживається в певних контекстах, напр. в боргових вимогах )

promissory note простий вексель, боргове зобов'язання

certificate of deposit (COD) депозитний сертифікат

IOU (зкороч. від I owe you Я вам повинен) боргова розписка

bearer 1) подавець, пред'явник 2) власник,

on demand на вимогу

bill of exchange переказний вексель, перекладна тратта

to charge to account поставити на рахунок

pay to order платити за наказом (напис на чеку або векселі)

to owe 1) бути належним, бути в боргу перед ким-л. 2) заборгува-

ти (гроші)

drawer трасант (особа, що виставила тратту)

drawee трасат (особа, на яку виставлена тратта)

payee 1) одержувач (грошей) ; 2) пред'явник чека/векселя

to execute a document укладати документ

to honour the draft оплатити, акцептувати тратту

payable at sight з оплатою при пред'явленні

sight draft вексель на пред'явника

time draft термінова тратта

acceptance 1) акцептоване приймання (напр., рахунки або векселі)

до оплати 2) акцепт (прийняття платником зобов'язання оплатити (чек, вексель або рахунок).