Bill broker

Japanese: ビル･ブローカー（英語表記）bill broker

A broker is a person who buys and sells bills and short-term government bonds, or who acts as an intermediary in the buying and selling of bills and short-term government bonds. In practice, the term often refers to the London bill discounting houses (sometimes translated as bill discounting companies or bill discounters). The word broker originally referred to a mere intermediary in the buying and selling of bills, but for historical reasons, a bill discounting company that bought bills at its own risk came to be called a bill broker. It also includes a simple intermediary called a running broker.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

手形や短期国債の売買，もしくは売買の仲介を行う業者をいう。実際にはロンドンの手形割引商会すなわちディスカウント･ハウス(手形割引商社もしくは手形割引業者と訳されることもある)を指すことが多い。ブローカーという言葉は元来，たんなる売買仲介業者を指すが，歴史上の事情から，自己の責任で手形を買う割引商会をビル･ブローカーと呼ぶことになった。このほかにランニング･ブローカーと呼ばれるたんなる仲介業者を含む。

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