Word: protesti
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...finally roost in a bank for collection. If the bank-which makes its profit on cambiali by discounting them by 2% to 12%-has trouble collecting from the original signer, it applies a dreaded remedy. Unless the delinquent pays up, the bank publishes his name in the Bollettino dei Protesti, a kind of debtors' Who's Who, and also begins court proceedings to recover the loss...
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