Meanings
nounoverdraft (countable and uncountable, plural overdrafts)
plural overdrafts · alternative overdraught
- uncountableThe act of overdrawing a bank account.
- countableuncountableThe extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
verboverdraft (third-person singular simple present overdrafts, present participle overdrafting, simple past and past participle overdrafted)
present singular third person overdrafts · participle present overdrafting · participle past overdrafted · past overdrafted · alternative overdraught
- transitiveTo extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishdraft
- Englishoverdraft
Translations
Bulgarian овърдрафт, превишаване на лимита
- овърдрафт (ovărdraft)act of overdrawing a bank account
- превишаване на лимита (previšavane na limita)act of overdrawing a bank account
- вдухване отгоре (vduhvane otgore)series of flues in a furnace
Chinese Cantonese 透支
- 透支 (tau³ zi¹)act of overdrawing a bank account
Chinese Mandarin 透支
- 透支 (tòuzhī)act of overdrawing a bank account
Finnish tilinylitys, tilinylitys
- tilinylitysact of overdrawing a bank account
- tilinylitysamount overdrawn
- luottorajamaximum amount that may be overdrawn
French découvert, découvert
- découvertact of overdrawing a bank account
- découvertamount overdrawn
German Überziehung, Dispositionskredit
- Überziehungact of overdrawing a bank account
- Dispositionskreditamount overdrawn
- Überziehungskreditamount overdrawn
- Dispositionsrahmenmaximum amount that may be overdrawn
- Überziehungsgrenzemaximum amount that may be overdrawn
Greek υπερανάληψη, όριο υπερανάληψης
- υπερανάληψη (yperanálipsi)act of overdrawing a bank account
- όριο υπερανάληψης (ório yperanálipsis)maximum amount that may be overdrawn
Hungarian hiteltúllépés
- hiteltúllépésact of overdrawing a bank account
Icelandic yfirdráttur
- yfirdrátturact of overdrawing a bank account
Italian scoperto
- scopertoact of overdrawing a bank account
Japanese 超過引き出し
- 超過引き出し (chōka hikidashi)act of overdrawing a bank account
Malay overdraf
- overdrafact of overdrawing a bank account
Māori tarepatanga, tarepa
- tarepatangaact of overdrawing a bank account
- tarepaamount overdrawn
- moni tarepaamount overdrawn
- kaute tarepaamount overdrawn
Norwegian overtrekk
- overtrekkact of overdrawing a bank account
Portuguese saque a descoberto
- saque a descobertoact of overdrawing a bank account
Spanish sobregiro
- sobregiroact of overdrawing a bank account
Swedish övertrassering, övertrassering
- övertrasseringact of overdrawing a bank account
- övertrasseringamount overdrawn
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
overdraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdraft
MLA
“overdraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdraft. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdraft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdraft.
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