(finance, historical) A method by which a merchant at home can render bills drawn upon him abroad saleable there, by associating a well-known banker's name on their margin with his own.

Alternative form of teethmark

The wife, not the husband, is in charge of the household.

A market where goods are sold from boats, chiefly found in Southeast and South Asia.

Alternative form of cropmark

present participle of route-march

present participle of route march

(military) A long march for training purposes. / (by extension, informal) A long grueling walk.

(military) To go or send on a route-march. / (informal) To go or send on a long, exhausting tour by foot.

Alternative form of route-march