See Also: Quay(money)
quay(dictionary)
quay(dictionary)
QUAY(finance)
quay(1)(dictionary)
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Quay - Sailing(gambling)
QUAY, estates(law)
Delivered Ex Quay (DEQ)(finance)
Delivered Ex Quay (DEQ)(money)

quay(2) (iou)



quay noun. [ki:] Also (earlier) key. LME.
[Old French kay, kai, cay (see CAY). Later spelling quay (from 18) after French quai.]
A stationary artificial bank or landing-stage, built esp. of stone and lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.
Comb.: quay crane = wharf crane s.v. WHARF noun; quay-punt a small fore-and-aft rigged two-masted sailing boat, orig. used for transporting stores between ship and shore; quayside the land along the edge of a quay.
quayage noun (a) dues levied on goods landed or shipped at a quay, or on ships using a quay; (b) the area of a quay: LME.
quayful noun (rare) as much or as many as will fill a quay M19.