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STOP PAYMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stop payment mean?
• STOP PAYMENT (noun)
The noun STOP PAYMENT has 1 sense:
1. a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check
Familiarity information: STOP PAYMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("stop payment" is a kind of...):
order; purchase order (a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities)
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