draft
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5.8
- noun
- /dræft/
- Specialized
:
giro bancario
- The insurance company will wire a draft into my firm's account by sometime next week.
But the bankers drafts were raft mine and half Craigs.
- But the bankers drafts were raft mine and half Craigs.
Examples
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"I am sure by now you have received "my bank draft for $500.
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I should have written immediately as you requested, but I thought I would get the draft cashed first.
Blog text (20) -
A draft on the American Bank, and the balance in gold.
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Your kind letter with the draft was received in due time.
Blog text (20) -
And to prove that he was glad, he sent Uncle Jonas a draft for $50.
Blog text (20) -
I received your kind letter containing the draft, which I got cashed without any trouble.
Blog text (20) -
He borrowed train fare, covering it with a draft on the $15 he had left in a Concordia bank.
Academic text (2009) -
And envelopes addressed in Helen's handwriting began arriving with bank drafts inside.
Fiction book (1997) -
The company issued a bank draft to facilitate the payment for the new equipment.
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After verifying the funds, he received the draft for his rental deposit.
Synonyms
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2.1
A written paper that tells a bank to pay money to someone
Formal paper that tells a bank to pay a named person or company a set amount of money
A written order telling one person or bank to pay money to another at a set time
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.8
A boat with a bottom that does not go deep so it can move in shallow water
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word draft comes from draw 'to take or order', because a draft is a written order to a bank to take money from one place and pay it to another, so a draft is a payment order.