Dictionary definition: accepting house

Dictionary definition: Accepting Houses Committee
A Dictionary of Finance and Banking;      266 words ...Accepting Houses Committee A committee representing the 16 accepting houses in the City of London. Members of the committee are eligible for finer discounts on bills bought by the Bank of England, although this privilege has been extended to other banks.

Article: What's in a name: merchants, merchant bankers, accepting ...
Business History;  July 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... Brothers & Co. Ltd since 1926 and chairman of the Accepting Houses Committee since 1946, commencing his presidential address ... alternative and overlapping terms -- 'merchants', 'accepting houses', 'issuing houses', 'industrial bankers' and 'investment ...

Article: New Speaker Calls for Civility; In Accepting House ...
The Washington Post;  January 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ...His family, friends and even his political adversaries describe him as a sweet man. He's amiable and fair, they say, with a witty sense of humor that helps to ease a tense situation. Starting today, House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R- Stafford) aims to prove that such a man can succeed

Article: The generation that failed
The Spectator;  March 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Schroder Wagg - one of the elite merchant banks known as Accepting Houses - in August that year, the outlook was as bleak as ever ... in a training course at the Bank of England for all the Accepting Houses' graduate intake (among whom, if memory serves, the ...

Article: What fate for forfaiting?
The Economist (US);  February 27, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... less fuss and at keener rates. Forfaiters' business is similar to that of London's accepting houses-but with an important difference. Accepting houses endorse debt and get the exporter his cash by selling the bills into a secondary market ...

Article: Big Bang propelled the City into the firmament, but can it keep ...
The Independent on Sunday;  October 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... agreement that the top merchant banks, the members of the Accepting Houses Committee, would remain British and that their ownership ... War-burgs, seen by many as the most competent of the "accepting houses", would have survived. Maybe we were just not as good ...

Article: Brown, Ron 1941Contemporary Black Biography;      700+ words ... ... debate dragged on, reported Time magazine, “Brown let it be known that he was unwilling to finesse the issue by accepting house privileges without full membership.” Finally, fraternity members rallied to his side, provoking their expulsion ...