See Also: Mae Hong Son(tourism)
WO KEE HONG(finance)
Hong Min(tourism)
hong(dictionary)
Ge Hong(encyclopedia)
Hong Kong(dictionary)
Hong Xiuquan(encyclopedia)
Hong (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
LEI SHING HONG(finance)
WING HONG(finance)

restitute (iou) and hong (iou)


restitute (iou)



restitute verb. Pa. pple -tuted, -tute. LME.
[Latin restitut- pa. ppl stem of restituere restore, formed as RE- + statuere set up, establish.]
verb trans. Restore to a position or status; reinstate, rehabilitate. Now rare. LME.
verb trans. & intrans. Hand back, refund, return, (something). E18.
verb intrans. Genetics. Of a break in a chromosome or chromatid: be rejoined. M20.

hong (iou)



hong noun. E18.
[Chinese hang, (Cantonese) hohng row, trade.]
In China, a series of rooms or buildings used as a warehouse, factory, etc. esp. one of the foreign factories formerly maintained at Canton. Also in Hong Kong, a trading establishment. E18.
Hist. The corporation of Chinese merchants at Canton who had a monopoly of trade with Europeans. L18.