Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
OVERDRAFT
overdraft
(noun) a draft in excess of the credit balance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
overdraft (countable and uncountable, plural overdrafts)
(uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.
(countable) The amount overdrawn.
(countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.
The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.
Verb
overdraft (third-person singular simple present overdrafts, present participle overdrafting, simple past and past participle overdrafted)
(transitive) To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*draft`, n. (Banking)
Definition: The act of overdrawing; also, the amount or sum overdrawn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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