Definition of "overdraft" in Englisch

noun

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.

5. A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.

verb

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