STOP PAYMENT Definition & Meaning

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stop payment

noun

an order by the account holder to the bank not to pay a specified check or other charge.

stop payment

noun

an instruction to a bank by the drawer of a cheque to refuse payment on it

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of stop payment¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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Idioms and Phrases

Instruct a bank not to honor a check one has drawn, as in If that check was lost, we'll have to stop payment on it before issuing another . This usage was first recorded in 1722.

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But “a fraudster,” he said, “always makes the loudest noise screaming, yelling and complaining.... The easiest way to find a fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing.”

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You know, Elon Musk takes over OPM and he goes straight for the Treasury disbursement system to stop payments where they happen.

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The department has introduced new guidance on how to safely stop payments to vulnerable claimants, the spokesperson added.

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Musk is building up a pretext to stop payment on checks that many elderly people need to survive.

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Rock sometimes sent refund checks, but he’d either stop payment on them or they would bounce, the indictment said.

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