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Excerpt from Spanish-English and English-Spanish Commercial Dictionary of the Words and Terms Used in Commercial Correspondence Which Are Not Given in the Dictionaries in Ordinary Use; Compound Phrases, Idiomatic and Technical Expressions, Etc IN compiling this commercial dictionary, the aim has been to include all the words and expressions which are generally used in commerce, excluding those which do not come under this category. That the work islthoroughly up to date will be readily seen by reference to such words as wireless tele graphy, Marconigram, aeroplane, typist, taxi-cab, under ground railway, which are not to be found in most spanish-english dictionaries published hitherto. Many difiiculties have been encountered in the preparation of this work, and the greatest of these was that constituted by words of doubtful etymology, or words borrowed from other languages. Some words are used in commerce, par ticularly with the Spanish Americas, which are-not recog nised by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy. If such words were excluded entirely from a commercial dictionary, this would lose much of its practical utility and value as a reference. Moreover, it frequently happens that words which are first introduced by commercial men are admitted into the language in course of time. In the pre sent work it has been deemed expedient to include many such important words and in cases where they are purely local, or south-american, a note to that effect has been given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.