Rd.n.
Road.
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1851 Times 20 Jan. 12/2 Mr. Shaw's, 4, Bishop's-place, Fulham-rd. Brompton.
1912 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Oct. 1648 Rawlings Bros., Limited, 82, Gloucester Rd., London, S.W.; Electrical engineers.
2004 Zambia Daily Mail 2 June 10/2 (advt.) Industrial plot wall fenced 2,000 Sqm, easily accessible from Mumbwa Rd.
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RD
RD n. refer (also understood as return) to drawer (of cheque).
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1885 Jrnl. Inst. Bankers 6 135 When a cheque is returned for want of funds, the best answer to give is ‘Refer to Drawer’ (or ‘R/D’).
1907 Times 6 Mar. 4/2 Penny's cheque had been returned to be re-presented, and..when it was re-presented it came back with ‘R—D’ upon it.
1938 N. Marsh Death in White Tie iii. 41 One of my cheques has been returned R.D.
2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 9 Feb. 20 Clients are able to send RD cheques to the company, which records the information on its database.
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