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letter of credit

Summary

letter of credit has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • letter of credit is a type of payment system[2].
  • letter of credit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Letters of Credit[3].
  • letter of credit's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[4].
  • letter of credit's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • letter of credit's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[6].
  • letter of credit's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • letter of credit's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • letter of credit's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • letter of credit's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10].

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Definition and Type

letter of credit is a type of payment system[2].

Why It Matters

letter of credit has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007495-dokumentarni-akreditiv
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007495-dokumentarni-akreditiv, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → payment system
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → money/letter-of-credit
    Topic's main category → Category:Letters of Credit
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25255, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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