overdraft

The act of overdrawing a bank account.

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.
  5. A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.

Origin

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.

Forms

overdrafts overdraught

Related

overdraw overdrawn

Derived

daylight overdraft

Verb

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

Forms

overdrafts overdrafting overdrafted overdraught