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letter of credit

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a letter from a bank allowing the person who has it to take a particular amount of money from a bank in another countryForms of money and methods of payment
(Definition of letter of credit noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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