sight draft

English

Noun

sight draft (plural sight drafts)

1. (US) A draft to be paid on presentation.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 80:

     I will draw a sight draft on my grandfather, I said. A what? A sight draft. He has to pay or I go to jail.

Synonyms

• sight cheque