advance note (advansnot)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1897 · p. 17
A draft on the owner or agent of a ve el, generally for one month's wages, given by the master to the sailors on their signing the articles of agreement. Known in the United States as an advance - bill. The practice was abolished in the United States by act of Congre in 1884. [ME. avauncer ,
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