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overdraft

/ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/US/ˈoʊvɚdɹæft/

overdraft noun: the act of overdrawing a bank account.

Noun

overdraft (countable and uncountable, plural overdrafts)

  1. (uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.
  2. (countable) The amount overdrawn.
    • I have an overdraft of £1234.
  3. (countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.
    • The bank have given me an overdraft of $2000.
  4. The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
  5. A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.

Verb

overdraft (third-person singular simple present overdrafts, present participle overdrafting, simple past and past participle overdrafted)

  1. (transitive) To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.

overdraft meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay

overdraft in Tamil

மிகைப்பற்று, மிகை எடுப்பு, மேல்வரைப்பற்று

overdraft in Malayalam

ബാങ്ക് അക്കൗണ്ടിൽ ഉള്ളതിലധികം പണമെടുക്കൽ

overdraft in Kannada

ಮೀರಿಕೆ

overdraft in Malay

act of overdrawing a bank account
overdraf

Forms of overdraft

Noun
pluraloverdrafts
alternative formoverdraught
Verb
third-person singular presentoverdrafts
present participleoverdrafting
past participleoverdrafted
pastoverdrafted

Plural of overdraft: overdrafts

Origin of overdraft

From over- + draft.

Words formed from overdraft

Questions about overdraft

What does overdraft mean?
Overdraft means the act of overdrawing a bank account.
What is overdraft in Tamil?
Overdraft in Tamil is மிகைப்பற்று, மிகை எடுப்பு, மேல்வரைப்பற்று. See Overdraft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overdraft?
Overdraft can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce overdraft?
Overdraft is pronounced /ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/ (UK).
What is the plural of overdraft?
The plural of overdraft is overdrafts.

Words near overdraft in the dictionary

  1. overdots
  2. overdotted
  3. overdotting
  4. overdoubtful
  5. overdoubting
  6. overdraft
  7. overdrafted
  8. overdrafting
  9. overdraftings
  10. overdrafts
  11. overdrain

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: overdraft (page history and authors); overdraft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overdraft (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overdraft (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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