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  eft

  noun

  a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens red eft, in its immature terrestrial stage.
• EFT
  EFT

  electronic funds transfer.

eft

¹ American  

[eft] / ɛft /

noun

1. a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens red eft, in its immature terrestrial stage.

2. Obsolete. a lizard.

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eft ² American  

[eft] / ɛft /

adverb

Archaic.

1. again.

2. afterward.

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EFT ³ American  

Or EFTS

1. electronic funds transfer.

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eft ¹ British  

/ ɛft /

adverb

1. archaic

   1. again

   2. afterwards

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eft ² British  

/ ɛft /

noun

1. a dialect or archaic name for a newt

2. any of certain terrestrial newts, such as Diemictylus viridescens ( red eft ) of eastern North America

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Etymology

Origin of eft¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English evet(e), Old English efete; cf. newt

Origin of eft²

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; akin to aft ¹, after

Example Sentences

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Center fielder Harrison Bader, back from the injured list just a day earlier, l eft after a ninth-inning collision with Kiner-Falefa.

From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023

The following players lhave eft Pac-12 schools to join USC during coach Lincoln Riley’s tenure:

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

The Cyclones’ last five field goals are 3s, but the Virginia is still up 39-26 with less than three minutes eft in the half.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 26, 2016

Related to the salamanders, we shall find a curious creature in Pennsylvania, and other parts of the States, known as the spotted eft, or ambystome.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

Ac al þat we ȝieueð for godes luue al we hit sulen eft finden.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF for those willing to take on a bit of extra risk, and the Vanguard Total International Bond EFT for investment-grade bonds abroad.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Many people who begin EFT tapping are skeptical that it will actually work — like I was.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023

Mr Rees-Mogg, who will launch the report in the Commons on Tuesday alongside EFT chairman Professor Patrick Minford and senior lawyer Martin Howe QC, said:

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2018

Under EFT, already in experimental stages in several places, a person wouldn't need cash or a check when buying something.

From US News ● Aug. 12, 2016

Treasury argued that they had already adapted DES, their constituents had spent millions on DES equip- ment for EFT and it would be entirely too cumbersome and expen- sive to make a change now.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau