AT SIGHT

Definition: AT SIGHT

AT SIGHT

1. As soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Business

Economics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Earliness

Suddenly; (instantaneously); before one can say "Jack Robinson", at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil; straight, straightway, straightforth; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly.

Payment

Verb: pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind.

Crosswords: AT SIGHT

For swear at sight, I never saw true beauty 'till this night (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

At sight of her, Tryer caught his breath and gulped --. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

Imports are primarily paid through letters of credit (LCs) which may be drawn at sight, or at 30, 60 or 90 days sight from the bill of lading. (references)

In general, imports are primarily paid through letters of credit, which may be drawn at sight or at 30, 60, or 90 days sight from the bill of lading. (references)

Payment schedules differ according to the client, but imports are primarily paid through letters of credit (LCs), which may be drawn at sight, or at 30, 60 or 90 days sight from the bill of lading. (references)

Trade

Ecuador

Sixty percent of the letters of credit opened were at 90 days sight; the rest were at sight. (references)

Bulgaria

Because of the protection it offers to the American exporter and the Bulgarian importer, an irrevocable letter of credit (L/C) payable at sight is commonly used for settlement of international payments. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "AT SIGHT": banks'account at sight ♦ deposit from banks at sight ♦ draft at sight ♦ due to banks at sight or within one month ♦ payable at sight. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏كما ترى. (various references)

Danish

paa vigespor er togenes hastighed nedsat til koersel med begraenset hastighed inden de bringes til stilstand paa opbremsningsstraekningen (on the reserve siding, the speed is reduced to running at sight before engaging the section where the train has to brake to a stop), koersel paa sigt (cautious running, running at sight, running under caution). (various references)

Dutch

voorzichtig rijden (caution ticket, cautious running, cautious running order, order to run at reduced speed, running at sight, running under caution, slow order), rijden op zicht (cautious running, running at sight, running under caution), op het opstelspoor wordt de snelheid van de trein tot voorzichtig rijden teruggebracht voordat de trein de sectie bereikt waar met normale remming gestopt moet worden (on the reserve siding, the speed is reduced to running at sight before engaging the section where the train has to brake to a stop). (various references)

Finnish

näytettäessä (upon presentation). (various references)

French

� vue (at the sight of). (various references)

German

auf Sicht (on demand, on sight, sight-), täglich fällig und mit Laufzeit bis zu einem Monat (on demand, on sight, sight-), Sicht- (on demand, on sight, sight-), bei Vorlage, bei Sicht (on demand, on sight, sight-). (various references)

Greek 

όψεως (on demand, on sight, sight-), πληρωτέο επί τη εμφανίσει (on sight), εν όψει (in view of). (various references)

Hebrew 

עם �"ריש�" ראשו� �". (various references)

Hungarian

azonnal (anon, at once, forthwith, here and now, immediately, in no time, instantly, like smoke, now, on the spot, out of hand, outright, presently, promptly, pronto, right, right away, right off, straight away, straight off, straightaway, therewith, to deal with an emergency), látra, kapásból (at a venture, off hand, off the cuffs, right off the bat). (various references)

Italian

a vista (on demand, on sight, sight-). (various references)

Pig Latin

atay ightsay.(various references)

Portuguese

� vista (cash, on demand, on sight, sight-). (various references)

Romanian

plãtibil la vedere (payable at sight). (various references)

Russian 

вексель на предъявителя (draft at sight). (various references)

Spanish

a la vista (in sight). (various references)

Turkish

görür görmez (as soon as one sees, at first sight, on sight), görünce (on sight), bakarak. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tights.

-2 letters: agist, gaits, ghast, ghats, saith, sight, staig, tight.

-3 letters: aits, gait, gash, gast, gats, ghat, ghis, gist, gits, hags, hast, hats, hist, hits, sati, shag, sigh, sith, stag, stat, tags, tats, that, this.

-4 letters: ais, ait, ash, att, gas, gat, ghi, git, hag, has, hat, his, hit, its, sag, sat, sha, sit.

+1 letter: gastight, straight.

+2 letters: catfights, gnathites, lightfast, mistaught, spaghetti, starlight, straights, tightwads.

+3 letters: distraught, gastrolith, ghastliest, haughtiest, hesitating, naughtiest, nightstand, shattering, spaghettis, starlights, straighted, straighten, straighter, straightly, stringhalt, taillights.

+4 letters: alightments, anthologist, draughtiest, earthlights, gastroliths, gastrotrich, heartstring, latchstring, nightstands, pathologist, spaghettini, straightens, straightest, straighting, straightish, straightway, stringhalts, thigmotaxes, thigmotaxis, ultralights.

+5 letters: airtightness, anthologists, antihuntings, distraughtly, gastightness, gastrotrichs, glutathiones, haircuttings, heartstrings, hematologist, hesitatingly, latchstrings, pathologists, photostating, shatteringly, snapshotting, spaghettinis, straightaway, straightbred, straightedge, straightened, straightener, straightness, stratigraphy, stringhalted, telegraphist, trapshooting, unhesitating, withstanding.