英语词汇bill of lading的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bill of lading; bill; check. Lading in this expression simply means “loading.” The bill part refers not to the modern mean- ing of bill as a statement of money owed, but to a written, for- mal, and sealed document. Bill, in fact, derived from the Latin bulla for seal. Today a bill of lading is “A written receipt given by a carrier for goods accepted for transportation.” None are as poetic as the old bills of lading, which ended with the prayer: “And so God bring the good ship to her desired port in safety.” Because bill meant an “official paper” it came to be applied to paper currency in late 16th-century England. As for the word check for a bank check, it originated from a bank draft with a counterfoil. The counterfoil prevented or “checked” forgeries and alterations of the drafts.

词汇	bill of lading
词源	bill of lading; bill; check. Lading in this expression simply means “loading.” The bill part refers not to the modern mean- ing of bill as a statement of money owed, but to a written, for- mal, and sealed document. Bill, in fact, derived from the Latin bulla for seal. Today a bill of lading is “A written receipt given by a carrier for goods accepted for transportation.” None are as poetic as the old bills of lading, which ended with the prayer: “And so God bring the good ship to her desired port in safety.” Because bill meant an “official paper” it came to be applied to paper currency in late 16th-century England. As for the word check for a bank check, it originated from a bank draft with a counterfoil. The counterfoil prevented or “checked” forgeries and alterations of the drafts.
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