Stop payment

  • 1stop payment — n: a depositor s order to a bank to refuse to honor a specified check drawn by him or her Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. stop payment …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Stop Payment — A request made to a financial institution to cancel a check or payment that has not been processed yet. A stop payment order is issued by the account holder, and can only be enacted if the check or payment has not already been processed by the… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 3stop payment order — Revocation of a check; a notice made by a depositor to his or her bank directing the bank to refuse payment on a specific check drawn by the depositor. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. stop payment order …

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  • 4stop payment — stop′ pay′ment n. bus an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check • Etymology: 1915–20 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 5stop payment — noun a depositor s order to a bank to refuse payment on a check • Hypernyms: ↑order, ↑purchase order …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6stop payment — /ˈstɒp peɪmənt / (say stop paymuhnt) noun an order by the drawer of a cheque to a financial institution not to pay a specified cheque …

  • 7stop payment — noun Date: circa 1919 a depositor s order to a bank to refuse to honor a specified check drawn by him or her …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 8stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check. [1915 20] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 9stop payment — An order given a depository institution not to pay out cash for a check; often used when the check has been stolen or lost. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

    Financial and business terms

  • 10stop payment — instruction to not honor a check …

    English contemporary dictionary