stop payment
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4.8
- noun
- /stɑp ˈpeɪmənt/
- Specialized
:
orden de no pago
- Stop payment on $50,000 check.
- stop payment on a check
Examples
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Before the payment was processed, she called the bank to stop payment on the check.
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We'll stop payment on that check immediately.
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Those rich ladies write out a check at night, and in the morning call the bank and stop payment.
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Because this morning I placed a stop payment on this semester's check.
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Stop payment on a check for $50,000 I made out to a Dr. Farthing.
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To prevent any loss, I decided to stop payment on the check I wrote last week.
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The accountant advised us to stop payment on the check due to an error in the amount.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'stop' (to cause to cease) and 'payment' (transfer of money), so the meaning 'to prevent or cancel a specified payment' is directly derivable from the constituents. It is a domain-specific banking term but the core idea is compositional and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The phrase stop payment comes from bank practice: a customer tells the bank to stop a specific payment, like catching a check before someone cashes it. So it means 'an order to the bank not to pay a particular check'.