Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act of overdrawing a bank account.

    Überziehung

  2. (countable)The amount overdrawn.

    I have an overdraft of £1234.

    Dispositionskredit, Überziehungskredit

  3. (countable)The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.

    The bank have given me an overdraft of $2000.

    Dispositionsrahmen, Überziehungsgrenze

  4. (countable, uncountable)The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.

More definitions
  • a draft in excess of the credit balance

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Did you ever get that bank overdraft sorted out?

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  2. I don't want to end up having to pay an overdraft fee.

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  3. Am I responsible for overdraft fees even though the bank made a mistake?

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Translations

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By meaning 3
act of overdrawing a bank account:
amount overdrawn:
maximum amount that may be overdrawn:

Forms

plural: overdrafts

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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