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stop payment
noun
- an order by the account holder to the bank not to pay a specified check or other charge.
stop payment
noun
- an instruction to a bank by the drawer of a cheque to refuse payment on it
Word History and Origins
Origin of stop payment1
Idioms and Phrases
Instruct a bank not to honor a check one has drawn, as in If that check was lost, we'll have to stop payment on it before issuing another . This usage was first recorded in 1722.Example Sentences
Sailed with crew and elephant to cash check before G. Ward can get ashore to stop payment.
Very frequently banks have been obliged to stop payment; that is, to refuse to perform their promises.
The bank should be notified to stop payment on the lost check, and you can then send another check in place of the first one.
We are held responsible for all checks passed after we have received notice to stop payment.
But you have the upper hand, you know, for if I become too impertinent, you can always stop payment on your checks.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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