overdraft en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈoʊvɚdɹæft/ (US)
- /ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- ō'vərdrăft (US)
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.
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(countable) The amount overdrawn.
I have an overdraft of £1234.
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(countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.
The bank have given me an overdraft of $2000.
- (countable, uncountable) The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
- (countable, uncountable) A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overdrafts | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| overdraught | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (39)
fr découvert (amount overdrawn) · sv övertrassering (act of overdrawing a bank account) · mi tarepatanga (act of overdrawing a bank account) · bg превишаване на лимита (act of overdrawing a bank account) · fr découvert (act of overdrawing a bank account) · el όριο υπερανάληψης (maximum amount that may be overdrawn) · mi tarepa (amount overdrawn) · de Dispositionsrahmen (maximum amount that may be overdrawn) · pt saque a descoberto (act of overdrawing a bank account) · it scoperto (act of overdrawing a bank account) · ja 超過引き出し (act of overdrawing a bank account) · nan-hbl 透支 (act of overdrawing a bank account) · sh prekoračenje (amount overdrawn) · sv övertrassering (amount overdrawn) · el υπερανάληψη (act of overdrawing a bank account) · yue 透支 (act of overdrawing a bank account) · kk овердрафт (act of overdrawing a bank account) · mi kaute tarepa (amount overdrawn) · ms overdraf (act of overdrawing a bank account) · de Überziehungsgrenze (maximum amount that may be overdrawn) · no overtrekk (act of overdrawing a bank account) · es sobregiro (act of overdrawing a bank account) · cmn 透支 (act of overdrawing a bank account) · bg овърдрафт (act of overdrawing a bank account) · is yfirdráttur (act of overdrawing a bank account) · hu hiteltúllépés (act of overdrawing a bank account) · sh minus (amount overdrawn) · sh prekoračenje po računu (act of overdrawing a bank account) · fi tilinylitys (amount overdrawn) · de Überziehung (act of overdrawing a bank account) · sl limit (maximum amount that may be overdrawn) · de Dispositionskredit (amount overdrawn) · mi moni tarepa (amount overdrawn) · fi luottoraja (maximum amount that may be overdrawn) · de Überziehungskredit (amount overdrawn) · sh ulazak u minus (act of overdrawing a bank account) · fi tilinylitys (act of overdrawing a bank account) · bg вдухване отгоре (series of flues in a furnace) · sh dopušteno prekoračenje po računu (maximum amount that may be overdrawn)