ach
interjection
alas; oh.
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ACHabbreviationautomated clearing houseclearinghouse: a large computer network that transfers batches of electronic funds directly between financial institutions without the use of cash, credit cards, or paper checks, thus reducing fees and enabling faster transactions, such as for recurring bill payments, direct deposit, etc.
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ACh
ach
1 American
[ahkh ]
/ ɑx /
interjection
German.
ACH
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American
abbreviation
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automated clearing houseclearinghouse: a large computer network that transfers batches of electronic funds directly between financial institutions without the use of cash, credit cards, or paper checks, thus reducing fees and enabling faster transactions, such as for recurring bill payments, direct deposit, etc.
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Automated Clearing House Network: the national computer network for processing electronic funds transfers between financial institutions in the United States.
ACh
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American
abbreviation
Biochemistry.
ach
British
/ ɑːx /
interjection
Example Sentences
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“I would just love to take every ach and pain his heart and mind has to endure. Holding him tight as I say everything is gonna eventually be better then now.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2020
Reforming and rehabilitating them, ach, less bothered about that.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2017
The man in the street may claim to oppose unconditional aid to Pyongyang, but he has little stom ach for tension.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 15, 2013
Russell to the net, stretching volley… ach, framed into the tape.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2011
It is the power of perfection for us to-day. ach high achievement is a sign and token of the whole nature's possibility.
From Heart's-ease by Brooks, Phillips
But town Finance Director Melanie Gruber said the ACH form didn’t raise suspicions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The companies offering cash advances and access to earned wages know people are revoking ACH access to stop repayment on their loans.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
Similar protection services are offered for ACH or transactions that are debited directly from a business bank account.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
Since this data is needed to process payments and post them to customer accounts, a lot of ACH payments were delayed.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
ACH, I tell you, she look like the Frau Tellamantez, some-thing.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
As ACh binds at the motor end plate, this depolarization is called an end-plate potential.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 10.6 Motor End-Plate and Innervation At the NMJ, the axon terminal releases ACh.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Postganglionic sympathetic fibers release norepinephrine, with a minor exception, whereas postganglionic parasympathetic fibers release ACh.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
When ACh molecules are released, they diffuse across a minute space called the synaptic cleft and bind to the receptors.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The ACh molecules diffuse across a minute space called the synaptic cleft and bind to ACh receptors located within the motor end-plate of the sarcolemma on the other side of the synapse.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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