My Word Is My Bond

What is My Word Is My Bond?


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It's a maritime brokers' motto. Since 1801 the motto of the London Stock Exchange (in Latin "dictum meum pactum") where bargains are made with no exchange of documents and no written pledges being given.

"My word is my bond" as brokers say (or "my word, my bond!")

See brokers, cargo, london


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