overdraft

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/
• (America) enPR: ō'vərdrăft, IPA: /ˈoʊvɚdɹæft/

Noun

overdraft

1. (uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.
2. (countable) The amount overdrawn.

   I have an overdraft of £1234.

3. (countable) 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.

Related terms

• overdraw
• overdrawn

Translations

• French: découvert
• Italian: scoperto
• Portuguese: saque a descoberto
• Spanish: sobregiro

Translations

• French: découvert

Verb

overdraft (overdrafts, present participle overdrafting; past and past participle overdrafted)

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

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