| 单词 | letter of comfort |
| 释义 | letter of comfort letter of comfort1. A letter to a bank from the parent company of a subsidiary that is trying to borrow money from the bank. The letter gives no guarantee for the repayment of the projected loan but offers the bank the comfort of knowing that the subsidiary has made the parent company aware of its intention to borrow; the parent also usually supports the application, giving, at least, an assurance that it intends that the subsidiary should remain in business and that it will give notice of any relevant change of ownership. letter of credit(documentary credit) A letter from one banker to another authorizing the payment of a specified sum to the person named in the letter on certain specified conditions (seeletter of indication). Commercially, letters of credit are widely used in the international import and export trade as a means of payment. In an export contract, the exporter may require the foreign importer to open a letter of credit at the importer’s local bank (the issuing bank) for the amount of the goods. This will state that it is to be negotiable at a bank (the negotiating bank) in the exporter’s country in favour of the exporter; often, the exporter (who is called the beneficiary of the credit) will give the name of the negotiating bank. On presentation of the shipping documents (which are listed in the letter of credit) the beneficiary will receive payment from the negotiating bank. An irrevocable letter of credit cannot be cancelled by the person who opens it or by the issuing bank without the beneficiary’s consent, whereas a revocable letter of credit can. In a confirmed letter of credit the negotiating bank guarantees to pay the beneficiary, even if the issuing bank fails to honour its commitments (in an unconfirmed letter of credit this guarantee is not given). A confirmed irrevocable letter of credit therefore provides the most reliable means of being paid for exported goods. However, all letters of credit have an expiry date, after which they can only be negotiated by the consent of all the parties. A circular letter of credit is an instruction from a bank to its correspondent banks to pay the beneficiary a stated sum on presentation of a means of identification. It has now been replaced by traveller’s cheques. Although the term ‘letter of credit’ is still widely used, in 1983 the International Chamber of Commerce recommended documentary credit as the preferred term for these instruments. |
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