overdraft

== English == === Alternative forms === overdraught (UK) === Etymology === From over- + draft. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/ (US) enPR: ō'vərdrăft, IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚdɹæft/ Homophone: overdraught === Noun === overdraft (countable and uncountable, plural overdrafts) (uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account. (countable) The amount overdrawn. (countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn. The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield. A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them. ==== Derived terms ==== daylight overdraft ==== Related terms ==== overdraw overdrawn ==== Translations ==== === Verb === overdraft (third-person singular simple present overdrafts, present participle overdrafting, simple past and past participle overdrafted) (transitive) To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.