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overdraft

[oh-ver-draft, -drahft] / ˈoʊ vərˌdræft, -ˌdrɑft /




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I'm in my overdraft, I haven't got the money to do anything.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The list of expenses goes on: credit-card debts, overdraft fees, interest on loans, funeral costs, unpaid taxes, administration fees for the estate.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

That same month “was the first month I didn’t overdraft my credit card,” he said, with the majority of his income today coming from the restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

In the two years after his first Rabo loan, McClain fell into overdraft dozens of times, sometimes almost daily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Ashamed for not understanding why we were always paying late fees and overdraft charges.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Now the digital bank can offer protected deposit accounts and other new services including loans and overdrafts at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"We get lots of clients coming in struggling with credit cards, loans, overdrafts, council tax, their rent, mortgage," says Blake Harmer, the Citizens Advice supervisor.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Before 2008, banks paid fees for overdrafts and managed their liquidity carefully.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

Another is guidance issued in 2022 instructing banks not to process debit-card transactions and deposits in an order that would generate unexpected overdrafts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

Nearly everybody who is worth £100 has a banking account, and most people who have an account have overdrafts, which are given for the most part on purely personal security.

From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny


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