bordereau

American  

[bawr-duh-roh, bawr-duh-roh] / ˌbɔr dəˈroʊ, bɔr dəˈroʊ /

noun

plural

bordereaux

1. a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.

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bordereau British  

/ bɔrdəro, ˌbɔːdəˈrəʊ /

noun

1. a memorandum or invoice prepared for a company by an underwriter, containing a list of reinsured risks

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Etymology

Origin of bordereau

1895–1900; < French, equivalent to bord edge ( border ) + -ereau; -rel

Example Sentences

Marie-Georges Picquart stumbled on evidence that the real spy was Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, a commandant whose handwriting did indeed match that of the bordereau, and who did indeed need money to cover huge debts.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010

Fr. bordereau, a list, which became very familiar in connection with the Dreyfus case, is a diminutive of bord, edge.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

The President of the Salamander had been in the building during most of the past twenty-four hours, taking off the lines in the burned district on a special bordereau.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)

Demange devoted himself to proving that Dreyfus was not the author of the bordereau, but the members of the court-martial, believing in the genuineness of the additional documents, unhesitatingly convicted him of treason.

From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)

"Did he confess that he wrote the bordereau?"

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)