Translated version
Bill of exchange (Lettre de change)
A financial document by which one person undertakes to pay another a certain sum on a specified date. In the novel, bills of exchange are a recurring problem. Anastasie de Restaud is forced to sign bills of exchange to the usurer Gobseck to cover the debts of her lover Maxime de Trailles. It is a financial noose strangling the aristocracy.
Original version
Vekselis (Lettre de change)
Finansinis dokumentas, kuriuo vienas asmuo įsipareigoja sumokėti kitam tam tikrą sumą nustatytą dieną. Romane vekseliai yra nuolatinė problema. Anastazija de Resto yra priversta pasirašinėti vekselius lupikautojui Gobsekui, kad padengtų savo meilužio Maksimo de Trajo skolas. Tai finansinė kilpa, smaugianti aukštuomenę.
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