单词 | overdraft |
释义 | overdraftn.1 1. Banking. A debt with a bank which arises when more money is drawn from an account than the account holds; a bank's authorization for an account-holder to incur such a debt; an act of overdrawing a bank account. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > withdrawing money > overdrawing overdraft1812 overdrawing1846 society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt > other types of debt crown debt1641 debt of honour1646 oblata1658 judgment debt1702 bond-debt1707 rumple1746 contingent liability1798 overdraft1812 current liability1832 receivable1836 minority debt1897 negative equity1946 eligible liability1971 1812 T. Jefferson Let. in Papers (2008) Retirement Ser. V. 409 Whether I shall have flour in your hands by that time to cover the overdraughts will depend on the state of the two rivers [on which the mills are located]. 1843 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 437 Banks of state of New York, Jan., 1843, and August, 1843... Overdrafts. 87,328. 98,639. 1860 Chambers's Encycl. II. 648/2 The C. A. [= cash account] system..secures a customer who will be frequently operating on his account..and whose overdraughts, as well as deposits, tend to benefit the concern. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. xiii. 114 A banker naturally takes care not to allow overdrafts, unless he has great confidence in his customer, or has received a guarantee of repayment. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xcii. 493 We racked ourselves with inherited remorse for the flesh-indulgence of our gross birth, striving to pay for it through a lifetime of misery; meeting happiness, life's overdraft, by a compensating hell. 1948 D. Thomas Let. 17 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 323 I can write little overdraft cheques to tradesmen. 1967 A. Djoleto Strange Man i. 9 He had no bank account because he distrusted the banks... Therefore he couldn't ask for an overdraft or take out a loan. 2002 Times 10 Apr. 22/2 [She] happily worked up an overdraft of millions of pounds. 2. A military draft of men which is too great for the community to sustain. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > compulsory > excessive overdraft1902 1902 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 3/2 So it went on, until the country was exhausted by these overdrafts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † overdraftn.2 Obsolete. rare. Only in overdraft kiln. A type of kiln in which air drawn in at the top of the apparatus is used to alter the direction of draught in the kiln. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > kiln > [noun] > brick- or tile-kilns brick kiln1442 tile-kiln1531 tile-oven1535 tile-oast1591 brick oven1644 brick dryer1868 Hoffmann1875 chamber kiln1877 overdraft kiln1884 continuous kiln1890 1884 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks vi. 278 The circular, domed ‘over-draft’ kilns are largely used for burning fire-bricks and terra-cotta products. 1884 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks vii. 323 The principal gain in the circular overdraft kilns is, the impartial and equitable distribution of heat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.11812n.21884 |
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