bank draft

American  

noun

1. a draft drawn by one bank on another.

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bank draft British  

noun

1. Also called: banker's cheque.  a cheque drawn by a bank on itself, which is bought by a person to pay a supplier unwilling to accept a normal cheque

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Etymology

Origin of bank draft

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

But it's understood that donations from the Sheikh were also made by bank draft and there could be a challenge over details of the amounts and how payments were handed over.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2022

Not only had my bank draft never gone through, but my IRA hadn’t been invested yet.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2015

Well, that was about a month ago, and although my account has now been invested, my bank draft still hasn’t happened, and my emails to him have gone unanswered.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2015

Am very pleased to enclose bank draft for $7, being renewal of my subscription to your journal for another year.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he was told he could send it by bank draft, he seemed to have learned something new; supposed that he could not get a bank draft, and he took it, paying the fee.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes

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