Assay

office check. A check on the United States Treasury drawn by an a ay office and given in payment for gold deposited in the a ay office., A ented stocks or bonds. Stocks or bonds deposited ‘ under an agreement by which the owners a ent to some > change in the status of the securities. In reorganizations that are voluntary, or in other words, without foreclosure or other legal proce , the owners a ent to the exchange of their stocks or bonds, or both, for new i ues, perhaps le in amount and perhaps receiving le in dividends or interest. [For additional information see Readjustment. 33