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drawstop

drawstop noun: a provision in a loan agreement which gives the lender the right to refuse to make further loan advances to a borrower.

Noun

drawstop (plural drawstops)

  1. A provision in a loan agreement which gives the lender the right to refuse to make further loan advances to a borrower.
  2. The knob at the console of a pipe organ which controls the airflow to different sets of pipes.
  3. A component on the cam system of a compound bow which prevents the string from being pulled back further.

Verb

drawstop (third-person singular simple present drawstops, present participle drawstopping, simple past and past participle drawstopped)

  1. (transitive) To legally freeze a borrower's access to further funding.

Forms of drawstop

Noun
pluraldrawstops
Verb
third-person singular presentdrawstops
present participledrawstopping
past participledrawstopped
pastdrawstopped

Origin of drawstop

From draw + stop.

Questions about drawstop

What does drawstop mean?
Drawstop means a provision in a loan agreement which gives the lender the right to refuse to make further loan advances to a borrower.
What part of speech is drawstop?
Drawstop can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of drawstop?
The plural of drawstop is drawstops.

Words near drawstop in the dictionary

  1. drawsheets
  2. drawspan
  3. drawspans
  4. drawspring
  5. drawsprings
  6. drawstop
  7. drawstopped
  8. drawstopping
  9. drawstops
  10. drawstring
  11. drawstrings

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