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overdraft

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/

The English word “overdraft” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of overdrawing a bank account.
  2. The amount overdrawn.
  3. The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.
  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.

verb

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

Etymology

From over- + draft.

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