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clean bill of lading

noun/kliːn bɪl əv ˈleɪdɪŋ/

C1CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A bill of lading bearing no clause or notation expressly declaring a defective condition of the goods or their packaging.

A clean bill of lading was a condition of payment under the documentary credit.

Topic: Shipping & maritime in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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