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
If City win their last eight gam- ach, no, the best they can do is probably second now.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2016
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
The old woman cleared her throat with an ach, ach.
From Bolanyo by Opie Percival Read
But town Finance Director Melanie Gruber said the ACH form didn’t raise suspicions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Parents can use their debit cards, or electronic payments with an ACH transfer from their bank account, the official said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 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
MacSweeney told The Charlotte Observer in an email statement on Monday that some ACH payment instructions were sent to financial institutions with account numbers and names of customers hidden to protect information.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
"ACH, that's a business of another kind," sweetly, but still with mistrust, the housekeeper intoned.
From Yama: the pit by Bernard Guilbert Guerney
The ACh receptors on these neurons are of the nicotinic type, meaning that they are ligand-gated ion channels.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The postganglionic fiber then projects to the iris, where it releases ACh onto the circular fibers of the iris—another smooth muscle.
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
All ganglionic neurons of the autonomic system, in both sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia, are activated by ACh released from preganglionic fibers.
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
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