The Crittenden Commercial Arithmetic and Business Manual: Designed for the Use of Merchants, Business Men, Academies, and Commercial Colleges |
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agent amount annuity attorney average avoirdupois balance Bank bbls bill of exchange Bill of Lading bonds bushel capital cash charges coin commission compound interest contract cost currency debt decimal defalcation delivered denomination difference discount divide dividend divisor draft equal EXAMPLES executors firm flour fraction Freight gain gallons George W given number gold grains Henry HENRY W hereby holder Hundred Dollars indorsement invested invoice Java Coffee July liable loss Mdse merchant MESSRS milreis months Multiply notice number of days paid par value parties partner partnership payable payment person Philadelphia pound pound sterling premium principal profit promise to pay promissory note proportion purchased quantity quotient rate per cent receipt respectfully RULE RULE.-Multiply seal selling share shipped sold square term United Value received weight whole numbers writing yards York
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Page 267 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 308 - CD, of the city aforesaid, merchant, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, and for my use to ask, demand...
Page 267 - In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to three bills of lading...
Page 45 - In every proportion the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Page 303 - The holder of a bill presenting the same for acceptance may require that the acceptance be written on the bill, and, if such request is refused, may treat the bill as dishonored.
Page 146 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 307 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present...
Page 24 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 110 - Multiply the amount of the smaller side by the number of days between the two average dates, and divide the product by the balance of the account. The quotient will be the time...
Page 127 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.