commercial instrument
- noun
- Specialized
:
instrumento comercial
- Before applying for the loan, she had to submit several commercial instruments to verify her business transactions.
Examples
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The company issued a check as a commercial instrument to settle its outstanding debts.
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Currently available portable commercial instruments have limited neutron-detection capabilities.
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In fact, the researchers say, it can be integrated with existing commercial instruments to expand their capabilities, allowing them to measure a wider range of masses.
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These types of tests (n11) are intended for specific models of commercial instruments and are meant to simulate the broad range of environmental conditions.
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This divergence between the private and social costs of trade can, in principle, be remedied with recourse to a tariff or other commercial instruments.
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At the moment, no portable commercial instrument exists that can make reliable identifications of neutron spectra within seconds.
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A number of available commercial instruments can perform these types of measurements to successfully measure photosynthesis (Rascher et al. 2000).
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A commercial instrument that was recently introduced uses a Stirling-engine cooler and portable high-purity germanium detector; the continued development of such devices will undoubtedly result in newer, smaller, less-expensive models.
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A promissory note is a type of commercial instrument that guarantees payment to a specified party.
Synonyms
65
8.3
A legal document that records an agreement or gives a right
1
6.1
A formal written document that creates a legal right or agreement
A paper or electronic record used in business, for example an invoice
How Negotiable
- Formal
- US
32
1.8
- Specialized
6
7.0
- Specialized
50
3.3
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'commercial' (pertaining to trade) and 'instrument' (a formal legal document): it straightforwardly denotes a document used in commerce. This composition follows regular combinatory logic found across languages and does not rely on idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Commercial instrument may come from the idea of an instrument as a written 'tool' and commercial meaning 'for business', so it literally names a written 'tool' used in trade. That's why it refers to papers like bills, notes or checks that help carry out business.