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A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.

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  1. n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.
  2. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting. -- Kite"fli`er, n. See Kite, n., 6. [Cant] McElrath. Thackeray.
  3. n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.