kusting, noun

Origin:
South African DutchShow more South African Dutch, mortgage.
obs., Law
kustingbrief.
1827 Reports of Commissioners upon Finances at Cape of G.H. II. 103The bank was authorized from these sources to discount at six per cent per annum the vendue rolls,..and private bonds called ‘kustings’.
1910 E. Prov. Herald 2 MayBond List. Kustings. General. Donation. Contracts.
1913 [see kustingbrief].
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