Definition of Poncier

1. Adjective. (comparative of poncy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poncier

1. poncy [adj] - See also: poncy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poncier

pomœrium
pon
ponazuril
ponce
ponce wheel
ponceau
ponceau D xylidine
ponceaus
ponceaux
ponced
ponces
poncey
poncho
ponchoed
ponchos
poncier (current term)
ponciest
poncing
poncy
pond
pond-apple tree
pond-scum parasite
pond-skater
pond-skaters
pond apple
pond bald cypress
pond cypress
pond damselfly
pond fracture
pond hockey

Literary usage of Poncier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Introduction by Albert Léon Guérard (1918)
"The " Credit poncier," a national mortgage bank imitated everywhere, was Napoleon's earliest creation. Mutual help and co-operative associations were ..."

2. Municipal Government in Continental Europe by Albert Shaw (1897)
"... poncier was, under terms of an arrangement which Debt to the became effective in 1880, reduced to the form of a loan cier. ..."

3. Rights, Remedies and Practice, at Law, in Equity and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1889)
"634; Credit poncier and Mobilier of Eng- J Capper's Case, LR 3 Ch. 458; reversing LR 9 Eq. 270; Ex parte Castleman v. Holmes, 4 JJ Marsh. ..."

4. Bank Credit and Agriculture, Under the National and Federal Reserve Banking by Ivan Wright (1922)
"... banking is done through many different types of organizations but all are in their principles a modified form of the Landschaft or the Credit poncier. ..."

5. Bank Credit and Agriculture, Under the National and Federal Reserve Banking by Ivan Wright (1922)
"The most noted land credit institution that has yet existed is the Credit poncier of France, and its conception is said to have been excited through the ..."

6. Egypt as it is by James Carlile McCoan (1877)
"Some time ago the Khedive established a ' Credit poncier,' or land bank, for the purpose of lending money to the peasantry at moderate rates, ..."

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