drawstop

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noun

A provision in a loan agreement which gives the lender the right to refuse to make further loan advances to a borrower.

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Meanings

noundrawstop (plural drawstops)

plural drawstops

  1. lawA provision in a loan agreement which gives the lender the right to refuse to make further loan advances to a borrower.
  2. entertainmentThe knob at the console of a pipe organ which controls the airflow to different sets of pipes.
  3. archeryA component on the cam system of a compound bow which prevents the string from being pulled back further.
verbdrawstop (third-person singular simple present drawstops, present participle drawstopping, simple past and past participle drawstopped)

present singular third person drawstops · participle present drawstopping · participle past drawstopped · past drawstopped

  1. transitivelawTo legally freeze a borrower's access to further funding.

Origin

From draw + stop.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

drawstop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawstop

MLA

“drawstop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawstop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drawstop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawstop.

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