overdraft
English
Alternative forms
- overdraught (UK)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: ō'vərdrăft, IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚdɹæft/
- Homophone: overdraught
Noun
overdraft (countable and uncountable, plural overdrafts)
- (uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.
- (countable) The amount overdrawn.
- I have an overdraft of £1234.
- (countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.
- The bank have given me an overdraft of $2000.
- The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
- A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.
Related terms
Translations
act of overdrawing a bank account
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amount overdrawn
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maximum amount that may be overdrawn
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series of flues in a furnace
Verb
overdraft (third-person singular simple present overdrafts, present participle overdrafting, simple past and past participle overdrafted)
- (transitive) To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.