stop payment

stop payment

n.

An order to one's bank not to honor a check one has drawn.

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stop payment

n

(Banking & Finance) an instruction to a bank by the drawer of a cheque to refuse payment on it

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stop′ pay′ment

n.

an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.

[1915–20]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stop payment - a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check purchase order, order - a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"

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Translations

stop payment

n (Fin: for cheques etc) → Zahlungssperre f

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