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stop payment

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stop payment
n.
An order to one's bank not to honor a check one has drawn.
stop payment
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) an instruction to a bank by the drawer of a cheque to refuse payment on it
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Noun1.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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stop payment
n (Fin: for cheques etc) → Zahlungssperre f


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All he had to do was to race off to his consignees and stop payment of the towage bill before Falk had the time to get in and lift the money.
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