English

Alternative forms

• overdraught (UK)

Noun

overdraft ‎(countable and uncountable, plural overdrafts)

1. (uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.
2. (countable) The amount overdrawn.

   I have an overdraft of £1234.

3. (countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.

   The bank have given me an overdraft of $2000.

4. The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.

Related terms

• overdraw
• overdrawn

Translations

Verb

overdraft ‎(third-person singular simple present overdrafts, present participle overdrafting, simple past and past participle overdrafted)

1. (transitive) To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.