stop payment
noun
: a depositor's order to a bank to refuse to honor a specified check drawn from their account
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Luke Eaton, who represents Turner, said his client is owed $10.8 million and is concerned that construction loan funds will be used to pay the receiver and Stockdale Management even though Turner has filed a stop payment notice to freeze funds held in the loan.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
That's what Lutnick seemed to be getting at: *Anybody who's been in the payment system, in the process system, knows the easiest way to find the fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
The state of Minnesota had grown suspicious of Ms. Bock’s network in 2020 and tried to stop payment to some of the sites.
—David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Make recommendations to Congress, but don't stop payments.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
That's what Lutnick seemed to be getting at: *Anybody who's been in the payment system, in the process system, knows the easiest way to find the fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
The state of Minnesota had grown suspicious of Ms. Bock’s network in 2020 and tried to stop payment to some of the sites.
—David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Make recommendations to Congress, but don't stop payments.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Stop payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20payment. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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