REDRAFT

redraft

(noun) a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

redraft (third-person singular simple present redrafts, present participle redrafting, simple past and past participle redrafted)

To draft again

Noun

redraft (plural redrafts)

A second or subsequent draft

(finance) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.

Anagrams

• drafter

Source: Wiktionary


Re*draft" (re*draft"), v. t.

Definition: To draft or draw anew.

Re*draft", n.

1. A second draft or copy.

2. (Com.)

Definition: A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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