Accommodation bill
a bill, draft, or note made, drawn, accepted, or endorsed by one person for another without consideration, to enable the second person to obtain credit or raise money.
noun
(commerce) a bill of exchange cosigned by a guarantor: designed to strengthen the acceptor’s credit also called windbill, windmill
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