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overdraft

verb

  1. draft an excess of the credit balance
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noun

  1. occurs when money is withdrawn from a bank account and the available balance goes below zero
L324865 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/ / /ˈoʊvɚdɹæft/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English draft English overdraft From over- + draft.

  1. The act of overdrawing a bank account.
  2. The amount overdrawn.

    I have an overdraft of £1234.

  3. The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.

    The bank have given me an overdraft of $2000.

  4. The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
  5. A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English draft English overdraft From over- + draft.

  1. To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.