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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
overdrawn
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ If you are overdrawn, there's a $25 fee to pay.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I have been charged twice in one month for one small overdrawn amount.
▪ Lord Alexander is against the Government's policy of a spending-led recovery and accused overdrawn customers of behaving like thieves.
▪ Please remember though to ask us before going overdrawn.
▪ The Gold Cheque Account provides preferential interest rates on both credit and overdrawn balances.
▪ This resulted in bank charges which, in turn, led to the account itself becoming overdrawn.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overdrawn

Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. Overdrew; p. p. Overdrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]

  1. To exaggerate; to overdo.

  2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit; to draw more than the balance in one's account.

Wiktionary
overdrawn

vb. (past participle of overdraw English)

WordNet
overdraw
  1. v. draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

  2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: understate]

  3. [also: overdrew, overdrawn]

overdrawn

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