overdraw
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Just post some collateral and overdraw all you want, as long as you’re square by 6 p.m.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
No need to worry about spending more than you have because it usually won’t let you overdraw.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
Because banks often issue multiple charges a day, it’s not uncommon to overdraw your account by $20 and end up paying $200 for it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
McCarthy attacked Boxer’s ethics and personal finances in connection with the House banking scandal, in which members of Congress were allowed to overdraw their accounts without penalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
“People overdraw their accounts all the time,” she said.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
But if this system fails or overdraws these gases, these wells can introduce oxygen into the waste, speeding up waste decomposition and producing heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
As Wang explained, shifting in his seat and gesturing with his hands throughout, Alameda earned an “allow_negative” badge because it helped the firm sidestep the automatic procedures Wang implemented to prevent account overdraws and wipeouts.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2023
“We’re in a period of 23 years of sustained drought and overdraws on the system,” he added.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
He even overdraws his bank account to stretch the money further.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2018
The first year Klein and me goes as partners together, he overdraws me two hundred and fifty dollars.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass
When I was in college, I never overdrew my bank account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
For some reason, the bank debited my account twice for the same payment, which meant it overdrew my account and I got slapped with an overdraft fee.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2020
At 11, Singh overdrew his approach and went into the pond.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 22, 2020
In California, a worker was automatically fired after she overdrew her quota of unpaid time off by a single hour following a death in her family.
From The Verge ● Feb. 27, 2020
"Then you fancy the author overdrew his hero?" he asked.
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish
After all the other expenses, “you’re left with a couple hundred dollars to play with. Sometimes that would cause me to be overdrawn if I wasn’t expecting a specific bill.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
When the funds arrived, Puech’s account at Gonet had been overdrawn for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
She said digital payments risked her going overdrawn, and facing unmanageable interest and fees as a result.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
Their trade group, the American Bankers Assn., asserted the rule will prompt banks to offer less overdraft protection, which prevents overdrawn checks from bouncing and debit-card transactions from being declined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
The quantum laws are more liberal and allow you to be overdrawn on one or two accounts provided the total balance is positive.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Despite uncertainty over the exact figure, experts agree that overdrawing oil from the salt caverns it is stored in would damage the caverns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
No one suggests that the banks shouldn’t charge fees for specific services, such as for maintaining customers’ checking or banking accounts or overdrawing their accounts or stopping payment on checks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Legislation passed in 2014 requires water districts to stop overdrawing their aquifers by the 2040s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Smith notes that you can often select the day for the withdrawal to ensure it falls before the due date but after your paycheck is deposited to prevent overdrawing your account.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
We usually have to make the amount up by overdrawing, or by advancing it ourselves.
From The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
