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kited

/ˈkaɪtɪd/

kited adjective: of a cheque: made out on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears. Also the simple past and past participle of kite.

Adjective

kited (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Of a cheque: made out on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
    • On the phone with the Jefferson Parish judge who had issued the arrest warrant over the kited check, LeBoeuf brokered a deal in which she agreed to take responsibility for Kersh if the warrant could be at least temporarily suspended.2005, Jed Horne, Desire Street: A True Story of Death and Deliverance in New Orleans, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 243

Also used as

kited is also the simple past and past participle of kite.

Phrases with kited

Words that rhyme with kited

Questions about kited

What does kited mean?
Kited means of a cheque: made out on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
What part of speech is kited?
Kited is an adjective.
How do you pronounce kited?
Kited is pronounced /ˈkaɪtɪd/.

Words near kited in the dictionary

  1. kiteboarded
  2. kiteboarder
  3. kiteboarders
  4. kiteboarding
  5. kiteboards
  6. kited
  7. kited around
  8. Kitee
  9. kitefin
  10. kitefin shark
  11. kitefin sharks

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