The article explains the origin of the French expression tirer une lettre de change, which is opaque for present-day speakers. Originally, it was the money that was drawn (home) by means of a bill of exchange, but already in the second half of the 16th century the verb tirer "to draw" could also take as a direct object the bill itself, thereby obscuring the original meaning.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:5057 |
| Date | 11 June 2015 |
| Creators | Rainer, Franz |
| Publisher | DeGruyter |
| Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, PeerReviewed |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Relation | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/zrph.2015.131.issue-2/zrp-2015-0029/zrp-2015-0029.xml, http://www.degruyter.com, http://epub.wu.ac.at/5057/ |
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