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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

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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

"Head like an eft," he said to himself, as course followed course, and, while bandying compliments with her, he watched and listened.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet

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

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

Other researchers have been resistant to endorse EFT tapping in the first place without more convincing data.

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

Another example of EFT, which observers say will become commonplace, is the automatic transfer of paychecks from an employer's bank to employee bank accounts.

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

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