Definition of mechanical: Camera-ready, final layout of all elements of a work to be reproduced through a commercial printing process. It is a pasteup of the typeset text and images on a sheet of paperboard, usually with a ...
Standby Letter of Credit. A statement issued by a bank to the buyer of a good stating that the seller will receive payment on time and in the correct amount. If the buyer fails to make payment, the bank will do so on his/her behalf.
Letters of credit are formal trade instruments and are used usually where the seller is unwilling to extend credit to the buyer. In effect, a letter of credit substitutes the creditworthiness of a bank for the creditworthiness of the buyer.