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Overdraft

/ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/

The act of overdrawing a bank account.

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📖 Definitions of "Overdraft"

noun

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.

verb

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

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discoverynoun	Something discovered.
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underringverb	To register too small an amount on a cash register, either accidentally or fraudulently.
overpaymentnoun	Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overdriftverb	To drift too far.
overchargenoun	Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.
overcountnoun	An incorrect count that is too high.
kitingnoun	(banking) The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
mischargenoun	A mistake in charging, as in an account.
underallotmentnoun	An excessively small allotment or portion.
overheadnoun	(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
underloadingnoun	the act of loading insufficiently; underutilization of the capacity of something.
underboostverb	To create too little pressure in an engine's combustion chamber.
double-countnoun	An error in accounting etc. where something is counted more than once.
underrunnoun	(accounting) A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
underobturationnoun	(dentistry) Insufficient obturation; an imperfect stopping up, or underfilling.
underestimationnoun	(uncountable) The act of underestimating.
shadow banknoun	(banking, economics, finance) An entity not subject to banking regulation that performs banking functions.
underage	Below the legal age (usually age 18) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.
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